Tracheostomy & Ventilator

Patient Care Training FOR SLPs

UPCOMING SMALL PRIVATE COURSE DATES IN NASHVILLE, TN**

FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 - COURSE SOLD OUT

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 - 2 SEATS AVAILABLE

FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 - 4 SEATS AVAILABLE

FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 - 4 SEATS AVAILABLE

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PLEASE CALL NSSS, PLLC DIRECTLY at 615-375-6695 for Info & Registration

PRIVATE ONSITE (AT YOUR FACILITY) - PRIVATE SMALL GROUP COURSES*

*SCHEDULING 2024 CUSTOMIZED DATES AT YOUR FACILITY’S CONVENIENCE ARE AVAILABLE

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*FYI for all in-person courses: NSSS, PLLC continues to monitor the COVID-19 Pandemic and will be implementing CDC regulations and recommendations including but not limited to COVID-screenings, temperature checks, spacing, masks, hand-washing/hand-sanitation, etc during the course.

 
 

Training Course Reviews

"I was lucky enough to take the course Tracheostomy & Ventilator Patient Care Training for SLPs provided by Dr. Fisher. I had ZERO hands on experience with someone who had a tracheostomy. I needed some way to get some experience and what’s better than a HANDS ON course?! Dr. Fisher and her team provided a great course! This course provided me with the foundation that I was certainly desperate to find and needed. I gained so much by attending this course and HIGHLY RECOMMEND this phenomenal course! This course is definitely for those needing a foundation and I can absolutely see how this course could supplement those SLPs who need some extra knowledge in providing assessment and treatment for those patients in this population. You learn about our role when it comes to swallowing and speaking, NPO, aspiration PNA, Oral Care, collaboration with other disciplines, and how we can best serve those with tracheostomies as well as those who are ventilator dependent. Dr. Fisher and her team provide you with information that you can use on Monday, I know I did." - Bryan Barnes, MS, CCC-SLP

"Absolutely the best course I have taken for trach and vent education. I have been searching for quite some time for more training with this specific population and am ever so thankful to have found Dr. Fisher’s course! I loved the hands-on training; very informative and beneficial! All of the instructors were knowledgeable, skilled, and were wonderful in teaching and helping me feel more comfortable and educated with trach/vent patients. As a speech pathologist that had little to no training with trachs/vents, and felt so lost when it came to this population, I highly recommend this course! This course has given me the knowledge and confidence to better serve my patients! When I returned to my job I was able to utilize the new information and skills immediately!" - Katie Durham, MCD, CCC-SLP

Private Training Course in Nashville, TN Review

“I highly recommend Dr. Jamie Fisher’s Tracheostomy & Ventilator Patient Care Training Course for SLPs. Dr. Fisher offers a unique opportunity for a private training course which I think is invaluable when learning to assess and treat medical complex patients. Due to the course being small class size she was able to thoroughly answer all my questions and allowed for extra time to review skills that were more difficult for me to master. This course is highly focused for SLPs who have limited experience with this population. I feel much more confident with the skills I learned during this course. She offers a relaxed learning environment and provides lots of extras to make it a great training experience. I hope to take more CEU courses from Dr. Jamie Fisher in the future." - Lonzie Tripple, MS, CCC-SLP

Private Onsite Training Course Review

“I cannot begin to describe the experience I have been blessed to have with the Private Onsite Trach-Vent training with Dr. Fisher.  Honestly, I have been in this profession for 18 years, so 18 years of CEUs and this has been THE best one I have ever attended.  Not only the knowledge Dr. Fisher has about this population and area of our profession, but the way she delivered the information was powerful.  Hands-on for me was the icing on the cake! Being able to touch, utilize simulation, truly use a suction as we would on a patient, apply a speaking valve on trachs and in-line with ventilators, physically touching and learning about the many other speaking valves/trachs out there, etc.  It was simply amazing.  The outline of the course flowed.  The organization of the course truly showed how much time and effort that went into planning this course.”  - Abby Aucoin, MS, CCC-SLP & Regional Therapy Director of Camelot Rehabilitation Center

TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION

Course Description: A practical course designed to prepare SLP Participants for work with patients requiring tracheostomy, ventilators and speaking-valves. Anatomy/physiology, assessment, therapy, devices & equipment, & effective collaboration with other professionals were discussed. Hands-on laboratories provided practice with device placement & suctioning procedures.

SLP Participants: CCC-SLP, CF-SLP, & SLP Students 

Objectives: As a result of this activity, participants will be able to…

– Identify a) anatomy and physiology associated tracheostomy, b) causes and reasons for a tracheostomy, c) parts and types of tracheostomy tubes, d) multiple types of speaking valves and their function in restoring voicing/verbalization, e) classification of ventilation, how mechanical ventilators work including: modes on a ventilator and setting on a ventilator.

– Define and identify the Speech-Language Pathologist role and responsibility including providing communication and dysphagia assessment/therapy.

– Define and identify the role and responsibility of other vital professionals (i.e., respiratory therapist, nurses, primary care doctor, pulmonologist, otolaryngologist, gastroenterologist, etc.) for effective collaboration.

– Perform tracheostomy tube cuff deflation/cuff inflation, placement of multiple types of speaking valves on a) tracheostomy collar and b) in-line on ventilator allowing voice restoration and swallow function assistance.

– Perform sterile suctioning procedures required to address secretion management.

Course Agenda:

8:00am to 5:00pm

  • 8:00am-8:10am: Introduction & Overview

  • 8:10-9:00am: Respiratory Anatomy & Physiology Review

  • 9:00-9:30am: Tracheostomy-Tubes & Speaking Valves

  • 9:30-9:40am: Break

  • 9:40-10:40am: Respiratory Therapist’s Role/Responsibilities: Assessment, Therapy, & Mechanical Ventilators

  • 10:40am-12:00pm: SLP’s Role/Responsibilities: Communication/Dysphagia Assessment & Therapy

  • 12:00-12:30pm: Lunch (provided by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC)

  • 12:30-2:30pm: Small Group, Hands-on Training Sessions with Clinical Simulations / NPO Status, Pneumonia & Oral Infection Control

  • 2:30-2:40pm: Break

  • 2:40-4:40pm: Small Group, Hands-on Training Sessions with Clinical Simulations / NPO Status, Pneumonia & Oral Infection Control

  • 4:40-5:00pm: Discussion, Q/A & Course Administration

Faculty & Disclosures

 
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  • Jamie D. Fisher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP: Tracheostomy & Ventilator Patient Care Training Course Director, SLP at Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialist, university professor, endoscopist, 10+ years clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course director and presenter; director and speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Karen Brown, Ph.D., CCC-SLP: SLP, previous university professor, endoscopist, 20+ years clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Jyoti Arelli, BHS, RCP:  Respiratory Care Practitioner at National Healthcare Corporation, 20+ years of clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Kimberly Thompson, MS, CCC-SLP: SLP at West Meade Place Healthcare Center, 10+ years of clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Solomon Titus, BA, RRT: Respiratory Therapist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital, 5+ years of clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Tashaundra Bailey, MS, CCC-SLP: SLP at Nashville Rehabilitation Center, 10+ years of clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

  • Mary Hallum, MS, CCC-SLP: SLP with Home Healthcare, 20+ years of clinical experience. Disclosures - Financial: Paid course presenter; speaking fee paid by Nashville Speech & Swallowing Specialists, PLLC. Non-Financial: None

Course Credits:

  • Continuing Education Credit: This course is offered for .8 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level; Professional Area).

  • Clinical Practicum Credit: SLP Students can receive Clinical Practicum "Clock Hours" from Clinical Simulations completed in this course. Please contact us for more information. Also, SLP Students can apply for a Student Scholarship Contest to assist with registration for the Sunday Training Course—> Click here for Scholarship Information.

Course Completion Requirement: Participants are expected to be present for the entire program and to complete the Hands-On Training Sessions to receive completion certificate and be reported for ASHA CEUs. Individuals who are not present for the full program and/or do not complete Hands-On Training Sessions will not receive completion certificate and ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.

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Course Completion Requirement: Participants are expected to be present for the entire program and to complete the Hands-On Training Session to receive completion certificate and be reported for ASHA CEUs. Individuals who are not present for the full program and/or do not complete Hands-On Training Session will not receive completion certificate and ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.

Questions or Special Needs?? Please contact us via email at info@nashvillespeechandswallowing.com or phone at 615-375-6695.