Dysphagia Management during Covid-19

These two articles look at aerosol generating procedures when assessing or treating patients with Dysphagia- especially for a Speech Language Pathologist.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of these articles to look at the assessment and treatment of Dysphagia during the Covid-19 pandemic. They aim to suggestion adaptations that can be made, the use of telehealth and the use of PPE’s.

Editor's Comment:
These articles provide some useful ideas for precautions that can be taken, and adaptations that can be made to make Telehealth more efficient. Providing information of food and bolus consistencies before an assessment will make sure that they are available for the assessment and that a variety is available to see which consistency is best.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. The Covid-19 pandemic

2. Covid-19 transmission routes
3. The shortage of PPE’s
4. Aerosol generating procedures
5. Coughing and aerosols
6. Dysphagia
7. The advantageous and disadvantageous of Swallowing studies
8. The role of Speech Language Therapist in Dysphagia
9. Dysphagia assessments
10. Guidelines for telehealth in swallowing therapy

Instruction for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz at the end
• You need to pass the quiz and complete the course rating to generate the module certificate at the end
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz
• The pass grade is 70%
• Please click on the CPD certificate link to claim your certificate and to update your CPD Manager

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