Clinicians are often asked to evaluate medically complex patients with respiratory disease or comorbidities, including COPD, ARDS, and COVID-19. Some of these patients have been or are ventilator dependent, some are using non-invasive airways, some have tracheostomy, and all have varying degrees of breathing compromise. What do we know about swallowing in these patients? What is the risk of aspiration? Of aspiration pneumonia? We’ll talk about what we know about breathing and swallowing coordination, how to recognize disordered respiratory-swallow patterning, and how to evaluate swallowing in a patient with respiratory compromise.
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.2 ASHA CEUs
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - As Breathing Changes, So Does Swallowing (1.6 MB) | 70 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| ASHA Instructions - Self Study (111.9 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a speech-language pathologist and board-certified specialist in swallowing disorders with more than 30 years of experience. She is 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 including quality improvement initiatives, patient education, and clinical policies and protocols. She is also adjunct faculty at Elms College Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in Chicopee, Massachusetts and a guest lecturer in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Massachusetts. Over the course of her career, she has worked in a variety of clinical settings with children and adult populations with a career-long focus on feeding and swallowing disorders. Recently, she authored Let’s Eat!: A Clinical Guide to the Management of Complex Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders. Angela is a recent recipient of the Massachusetts Speech and Hearing Association’s Award for Clinical Excellence and is a sought-after speaker for both live and online continuing education courses as she seamlessly blends current research with clinical experience.
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