Professional Practice And Education CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

This course provides a review of the various types of tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices. Additional topics include tobacco cessation and tobacco management strategies for the healthcare provider.

This course will focus on the foundations of HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Marketing requirements and guidelines. This is a great introductory course for new hires and annual review.

This course will provide an overview of the spaced retrieval technique, which is a cognitive intervention that can improve recall of functional information. Participants will learn the evidence behind this technique as well as how to implement it with patients.

Many people who require respiratory equipment, such as oxygen and ventilators, use a wheeled mobility base. This course will address how to support respiratory equipment on an adaptive stroller, manual wheelchair, or power wheelchair safely and as a part of a team.

An introductory course to the art of Mindfulness as an intervention tool for pediatric respiratory therapists. Practitioners will gain an insight to the step-by-step process to not only practice Mindfulness for their own well-being but will learn techniques and strategies to effectively teach Mindfulness to children to address health concerns.

This course will provide respiratory therapists with basic Spanish terminology and phrases to conduct a patient assessment. Participants will learn how to communicate common subjective and objective parts of a patient exam using the Spanish language.

A landmark study conducted by Kaiser-Permanente established a solid relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This interactive lecture will provide an overview of the findings from this study as well as current literature associated with the topic. An advanced discussion will challenge those providers in post-acute settings to evaluate opportunities to break the cycle of disease and improve quality-of-life for our at-risk population through education and empowerment.

This course will provide an overview of safety considerations when providing care to patients with a tracheostomy, and also protect healthcare workers in times of a viral pandemic such as COVID-19.

The webinar reviews techniques for clear and effective communication, verbal and written communication with those from other cultures, writing and selecting easy-to-read health materials, and assessment tools to use to ensure that clients understand the therapy services provided and have the skills needed to access, understand, and use health information.

This course discusses anatomical changes that affect the respiratory system after a total laryngectomy. An overview of pulmonary sequelae that result from changes in tracheal climate and conditioning, as well as solutions to improve pulmonary health, is provided. It will also review available heat moisture exchange (HME) devices and the supporting clinical evidence. This course is presented jointly with Atos Medical.