Cost: $249.00/person
CEU Credits Offered: 0.85
About the Course:
Advance your assessment, treatment, and outcomes for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube. Interventions to maximize outcomes, reading/interpreting vent settings, manual cough facilitation, positioning/handling, oral feeding assessment/treatment, weaning respiratory support, and DME will be discussed. Focused on infants up to 12 months corrected gestational age and applicable to clinicians working in the NICU, PICU, transitional pediatric care, in-home therapy, EI, and outpatient clinics.
Learning Objectives:
Differentiate medical pathology from normal development for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube
Determine how the placement of a tracheostomy tube influences the development of oral feeding and postural control skills
Identify three risk factors for feeding dysfunction associated with oral feeding an infant with a tracheostomy
Apply at least two feeding strategies for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube to improve sensory and motor performance with oral feeding
Apply at least two postural control strategies for infants with a tracheostomy tube to improve their ability to utilize vocal cord movement to enhance their cough, phonation, and gross motor movement
Choose an individualized care plan for an infant using the provided case study with tracheostomy tubes for improved outcomes with oral feeding, cough facilitation, motor control, and phonation
Audience:
Clinicians in the NICU, PICU, transitional pediatric care, in-home therapy, early intervention and outpatient clinics. Infants up to 12 months corrected gestational age.
