BRK16: PRINCIPLES OF RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NEURODISABILITY WHO HAVE SECONDARY PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS
Learning Objectives:
1) Identify specific aerosol and oral or enterally provided medications used to reduce airway secretions, decrease airway inflammation, and create mobilization and thinning of secretions to promote airway clearance.
2) Discuss respiratory therapy equipment used in conjunction with medication to provide airway stability and prevent and reduce severity of acute respiratory events.
3) Discuss the clinical assessment of respiratory function with emphasis on charting the course of progressive pulmonary insufficiency over time to include decision making regarding use of mechanical ventilator devices for intermittent or continuous support.
4) Discuss the critical role of caregiver understanding of respiratory symptomatology and the tools used to provide that education to caregivers. Develop the individualized respiratory care plans utilizing a foundation of a knowledge base and mastery of clinical assessment of the patient.
1) Identify specific aerosol and oral or enterally provided medications used to reduce airway secretions, decrease airway inflammation, and create mobilization and thinning of secretions to promote airway clearance.
2) Discuss respiratory therapy equipment used in conjunction with medication to provide airway stability and prevent and reduce severity of acute respiratory events.
3) Discuss the clinical assessment of respiratory function with emphasis on charting the course of progressive pulmonary insufficiency over time to include decision making regarding use of mechanical ventilator devices for intermittent or continuous support.
4) Discuss the critical role of caregiver understanding of respiratory symptomatology and the tools used to provide that education to caregivers. Develop the individualized respiratory care plans utilizing a foundation of a knowledge base and mastery of clinical assessment of the patient.