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• Discharge Planning

  • Definitions

  • Candidates for Respiratory Home Care

  • The Discharge Plan - Overview

  • Patient Selection - Criteria to be Met

  • Respiratory Conditions Treated at Home

  • Respiratory Therapy Performed in the Home

  • Discharge Plan Team Members

  • Team Member Responsibilities

  • Team Goals

  • Respiratory Therapist Responsibilities - Overview

  • Respiratory Therapist Qualifications

  • The Respiratory Care Plan

  • AARC Position Statement (Home RC Services)

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Discharge Planning for RC Patient)

  • ATS Statement (Statement on Home Care for Patients with Respiratory Disorders)

  • The Home Care Discharge Process Algorithm

• Initial Home Visit

  • The Initial Home Visit Purpose

  • Assessment of the Physical Environment Purpose and Steps

  • Follow-up Visits Purpose and Steps

• Patient Assessment

  • Health History

  • Patient Assessment

  • Respiratory Assessment

  • Cardiovascular Assessment

  • Fluid and Electrolyte Assessment

  • Neurological Assessment

  • Functional and Physical Limitations Assessment

  • Psychosocial Assessment

• Oxygen Therapy

  • Goals of Oxygen Therapy

  • Benefits of Home Oxygen Therapy

  • The Oxygen Prescription

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Pulse Oximetry)

  • Oxygen Equipment

  • Oxygen Safe Handling and Storage

  • Notes for Oxygen Therapy

  • Troubleshooting Oxygen Systems and Devices

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Oxygen Therapy in the Home)

  • Traveling with Oxygen

• Aerosol Therapy

  • Types of Aerosol Therapy

  • Hazards of Aerosol Therapy

  • Aerosol Delivery Devices

  • MDI & DPI Techniques

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines (Bland Aerosol Administration; Deliver of Aerosols to the Upper Airway; Selection of an Aerosol Delivery Device; Assessing Response to Bronchodilator Therapy)

• Humidity Therapy

  • Indications for Humidity Therapy

  • Signs and Symptoms of Inadequate Airway Humidification

  • Effects of Overhumidification

  • Humidification devices

• Bronchial Hygiene Therapy

  • Indications

  • Signs & Symptoms of Need

  • Factors Affecting Secretion Clearance

  • Breathing Exercises

  • Bronchial Drainage

  • Therapeutic Coughing

  • Airway Clearance Adjuncts

  • Selecting a Bronchial Hygiene Therapy

• Lung Expansion Therapy

  • Types

  • Indications

  • Incentive Spirometry (includes AARC Clinical Practice Guideline)

  • IPPB (includes AARC Clinical Practice Guideline)

• Airway Management

  • Artificial Airway Complications

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Management of Airway Emergencies)

  • Troubleshooting Airway Emergencies

  • Suctioning

  • Tracheostomy Tubes

  • Extubation

• Mechanical Ventilation

  • Definitions/Indications

  • Benefits/Problems of Home MV

  • Types of Home MV (includes Methods of NIV Delivery)

  • Choosing the Right Ventilator

  • NPPV Interfaces

  • Monitoring NPPV

  • ACCP Consensus Statements

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Planning for Emergencies

  • Planning for Travel

  • Ventilator Effects, Cautions, and Complications

  • Patient-Ventilator Troubleshooting

  • Aerosol Delivery

• Sleep Therapy

  • The Sleep Cycle

  • Sleep Disorders

  • Sleep Apnea (Definitions/Types/Etiology/Clinical Manifestations/Diagnosis/Treatment)

  • Sleep Therapy (CPAP, Bi-level, Medicare Indications, CPAP Equipment)

• Apnea Monitoring

  • Definitions

  • Home Monitoring

  • Setup Procedure for Apnea Monitor

  • Instructions Specific for Apnea Monitoring

  • Monitor Alarm Response

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Pulmonary Rehabilitation)

  • Patient Exercises

  • Home Care Providers Role

• Disease Management

  • AIDS

  • ALS

  • Asthma

  • Bacterial Pneumonia

  • Bronchiectasis

  • Bronchitis

  • Bronchogenic Carcinoma (Lung Cancer)

  • Cardiac Failure

  • Chronic Bronchitis

  • COPD

  • Congestive Heart Failure

  • Cor Pulmonale

  • Cystic Fibrosis

  • Emphysema

  • Guillian-Barre Syndrome

  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonia

  • Influenza

  • Interstitial Lung Disease

  • Kyphoscoliosis

  • Multiple Sclerosis

  • Muscular Dystrophy

  • Myocardial Infarction

  • Myasthenia Gravis

  • Mycoplasma Pneumonia

  • Occupational Lung Disease

  • Pickwickian Syndrome

  • Pleural Effusion

  • Pleuritis

  • Pneumoconioisis

  • Pneumocystitis Carinii Pneu

  • Pneumonia

  • Penumothorax

  • Primary Hypoventilation

  • Pulmonary Embolism

  • Respiratory Failure

  • Restrictive Disease/Disorder

  • Sarcoidosis

  • Sleep Apnea

  • Tuberculosis

  • Viral Pneumonia

• Pharmacology

  • Medication Administration

  • Abbreviations

  • Calculating Drug Dosages

  • Adverse Reactions of Bronchodilators

  • Respiratory Therapy Drugs

  • Drugs Affecting Ventilation

  • Common Cardiovascular Drugs

  • Other Common Drugs

• Infection Control

  • Protecting the Patient

  • Protecting the Caregiver

  • CDC Standard Precautions

  • Equipment Cleaning/Disinfection

• Education and Training

  • Essentials and Objective

  • The Teaching Process

  • Patient Education Areas

  • Teaching Strategies

  • Patient Compliance

  • AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (Providing Patient and Caregiver Training)

• Reimbursement

  • Reimbursement Sources

  • Payment for Home RT Equipment and Services

  • Requirements for Payments

  • Ethical Issues

• Accreditation and Other Rules

  • Accreditation

  • Accrediting Organizations

  • HIPAA

• CPR Quick Reference Card