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5th Annual Dysphagia Day:
Understanding Dysphagia-Related Aspiration Pneumonia
Speaker: Kelsey Day, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
General Info
Open to:
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP), Physical Therapy (PT), Physical Therapy Assistants (PTA), Occupational Therapists (OT), Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTA), Nursing, and Physicians (MD/DO)
Course Date:
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Time:
Registration at 7:30a.m., Course from 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Location:
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Lex Frieden Research Room 217, 1333 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030
http://tirr.memorialhermann.org/locations/tirr-memorial-hermann-rehab-hospital/
Class Size Limit:
In Person: 100
Parking:
Texas Medical Center Garage 6
Handouts:
Electronic handouts will be shared with all attendees prior to the course via email. Please print or download the materials prior to the course for your use.
Conference Description:
As the saying goes, we fear what we do not understand. Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and other medical professionals often fear the term “aspiration” for its correlation with pneumonia, a disease process associated with mortality in elderly, acutely ill, and immunocompromised patients. However, fear of prandial aspiration has resulted in an (often unnecessary) shift toward overly stringent measures to prevent it, unfortunately leading to a cascade of medical complications outside of pneumonia, including poor patient quality of life. Since the likelihood of development of dysphagia-related aspiration pneumonia is as individual as the host, clinicians managing dysphagia must learn to assess aspiration pneumonia risk on an individual level.
In this course, we will understand our patients’ unique probability of developing aspiration pneumonia by understanding normal and pathologic lung defenses against aspiration, host risk factors for opportunistic infection, and characteristics of aspirated boluses that may yield complication. We will explore a variety of neurologic, cardiopulmonary, and gastrointestinal disease processes and their potential impact on pneumonia development. Through this understanding, we will fear not aspiration events, but poorly-informed decision-making regarding the management of aspiration in patients with disordered swallowing. With a comprehensive understanding of dysphagia related aspiration pneumonia development, we can improve our patients’ outcomes while preserving their dignity and quality of life.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
1. Distinguish two processes of lung defense against aspiration events
2. Investigate three host characteristics that increase risk for aspiration-related complication
3. Appraise three bolus variables that increase risk for development of dysphagia-related aspiration pneumonia
Occupational Therapy Learning Objectives:
1. Explain two processes of lung defense against aspiration events during discussion.
2. Identify three host characteristics that increase risk for aspiration-related complication during case studies.
3. Differentiate three bolus variables that increase risk for development of dysphagia-related aspiration pneumonia during class discussion
Assessment of Learning Objectives
: Question and answer, Discussion, Course Feedback Form
Instructional Methods Used:
Lecture, Discussion, PowerPoint presentations
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