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The SLP's role in working with patients with anatomical or artificial airways can take different forms. The SLP may contribute to eventual decannulation, help improve functioning while a patient has an artificial airway, and/or mitigate long-term health outcomes that frequently shorten patients’ lives. This session will review the essential knowledge necessary for the SLP to perform as a critically thinking clinician when it comes to management of airway disorders. The speaker will discuss the history of artificial airways, what has been learned, and typical management as well as common issues SLPs could encounter. The session will explore consequences of various conditions that lead to respiratory failure and require artificial airways, focusing on the SLP's role on the medical team with these patients.

This is a recorded session from a 2024 ASHA online conference, Airway Fundamentals: Considerations for SLP Decision-Making.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Identify three conditions for which tracheostomy is frequently deployed
• Identify short-term (proximal) and long-term (distal) targets of SLP management of artificial airways
• Describe how your clinical methods align with typical treatment targets in patients with artificial airways

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Presenter Information

James L. Coyle, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is Professor of Communication Science and Disorders, Otolaryngology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Coyle sees patients and trains SLP Master’s students in the UPMC hospitals and teaches graduate courses. Coyle is a Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing Disorders, and is a former member of the ABSSD as well as an ASHA Fellow. Coyle conducts research in the UPMC Medical Center and is funded by NIH to investigate noninvasive dysphagia screening instrumentation.

Disclosures:

• Salary from University of Pittsburgh 
• Grant funding from NIH
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation 
• Speaker bureau

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Online conference dates: June 5–17, 2024, November 6-18, 2024
End date: July 29, 2030

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).