Course Description
Course Description:
Health care providers in any setting encounter a variety of pulmonary conditions in the adult population. The understanding of these conditions is essential to providing patients with thorough care. With these conditions, there is a wide variety of pulmonary diagnostic tests and procedures that are performed. It is necessary for health care providers to understand these tests so that the results can be integrated into patient care.
This course will discuss the pathophysiology and presentation of restrictive lung disease as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In addition it will review pulmonary diagnostic testing procedures. The course will review the components and stages of pulmonary rehabilitation. This course will leave health care providers with a greater understanding of pulmonary conditions, their presentation, how they are diagnosed and the management of these conditions.
Contact Hours: 3 
Target Audience: 
Instructional Level: Intermediate Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
Restrictive Lung Disease:
- pathogenesis
- signs
- symptoms
Hour 2
COPD:
- diseases
- pathophysiology
- physical impairments
- psychological impairments
- emphysema
- chronic bronchitis
- bronchiectasis
- cystic fibrosis
- asthma
Hour 3
Pulmonary Diagnostic Tests:
- Chest Imaging
- CT
- MRI
- Bronchoscopy
- PFTs
Arterial Blood Gases:
- pH
- PaC02
- HC03
Pulmonary Rehab:
- components of the program
- considerations at various stages of the disease
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on pulmonary conditions, how they are diagnosed and the management of these conditions
Professional Objectives:
- Identify 3 pathological changes that occur with restrictive lung disease and describe 3 signs and 2 symptoms that are associated with these pathological changes.
- Identify 5 causes of restrictive lung disease.
- List 3 of the impairments associated with COPD
- Recognize the difference between the obstructive diseases of chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis.
- List the different benefits to each of the following tests: chest imaging, CT, MRI, bronchoscopy and PFTs.
- List how pH and PaC02 are analyzed when assessing ABGs
- Identify the components of a pulmonary rehabilitation program, the appropriate candidates, and specific considerations for various stages of pulmonary disease.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant and Speech Language Pathologist
Instructional Level: Intermediate
This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Suzanne Greenwalt is employed by Belmont University and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
Authors:
Suzanne J. Greenwalt, PT, DPT, CCS, GCS
Suzanne Greenwalt, PT, DPT, CCS, GCS has been a physical therapist since 2002. She is an Instructor in the School of Physical Therapy at Belmont University. She is also a physical therapist with a long term care company. In addition, she is a mentor and educator in one of the APTA’s credentialed Geriatric Residency Programs. She received her GCS in 2011 and is an APTA Certified Clinical Instructor.
Suzanne has been working in geriatrics for most of her career in a variety of settings including skilled nursing facilities, acute care hospitals, and out-patient rehabilitation. She received her Masters degree in Physical Therapy and her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science, both from Saint Louis University. Her interest areas in both patient care and research are geriatrics and cardiopulmonary comorbidities in the geriatric population.
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