Respiratory and swallow systems are connected in a variety of ways that have implications for both the respiratory therapist and the dysphagia clinician. This course will describe those relationships in healthy individuals and in patients with respiratory disease and will provide options for interventions because...if you cannot breathe, you cannot swallow.
Course created on April 20, 2021
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: AARC - CRCE/1.0; CE Broker/1.0 Direct Delivery Of Respiratory Care Services, CE Broker #20-853816; IACET/0.1
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize three components of respiratory and swallow coordination in healthy individuals.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the impact of disordered respiratory and swallow coordination in individuals with respiratory disease.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain two interventions to improve respiratory and swallow coordination.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Breathing and Swallow Coordination |
| 10-15 Minutes | The Impact of Gastro-intestinal functioning |
| 15-20 Minutes | Understanding Aspiration |
| 20-40 Minutes | Breathing-swallow coordination in patients with a variety of medical diagnoses of COPD, CVA and neuromuscular disorders, Head/Neck Cancer, Obstructive sleep apnea |
| 40-45 Minutes | Swallow changes with HFNC and artificial airways |
| 45-55 Minutes | Improving breathing and swallow coordination |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary |
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Angela Mansolillo
MA CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing Disorders with over 30 years of experience. She is currently a senior Speech-Language Pathologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts where she provides evaluation and treatment services for adults and children with dysphagia and is involved in program planning and development for inpatient and outpatient programming including quality improvement initiatives, patient education, and clinical policies and protocols. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at Elms College Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Over the course of her career, she has worked in a variety of clinical settings, provided numerous regional and national presentations, and lectured at several colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts. She is a recent recipient of the Massachusetts Speech and Hearing Association’s Award for Clinical Excellence.
Ms. Mansolillo received her Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Rhode
Island College in 1983 and earned her Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology in 1985 from the University of Connecticut. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a member of Special Interest Division 13, which focuses on swallowing and swallowing disorders.
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American Association for Respiratory Care
This non-traditional program has been approved for a maximum of 1 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course # 185348000
CE Broker
Continued Respiratory Therapy is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-30700. This course is offered for 1.0 hours. If you are a licensed respiratory therapist in Florida, Louisiana, or Mississippi, CE Broker may be of interest to you. For Florida respiratory therapists, this course is registered in the Direct Delivery of Respiratory Care Services category.
International Association for Continuing Education and Training
Continued, LLC, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. Continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.
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