ASHA Learning Pass

This session will explore the basics of noninvasive and invasive airway clearance management in adults, including various techniques, indications, complications, and the SLP’s role when evaluating communication and swallowing in inpatients or outpatients with respiratory compromise. The presenter will share practical resources for implementing airway clearance techniques and tips for collaborating with an interprofessional team to treat patients with respiratory illness or disease.

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 noninvasive and invasive airway clearance techniques that can be used for adults with respiratory compromise
• Explain the physiological rationale behind noninvasive and invasive airway clearance techniques and their impact on airway management in individuals with concurrent communication and swallowing impairment
• Incorporate airway clearance techniques into a comprehensive communication and swallowing treatment plan of care as part of a multidisciplinary care model

Valentina Mocchetti, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist specializing in swallowing disorders at Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sean Parker Institute for the Voice in New York City. Valentina obtained a Bachelor of Science in biology from Georgetown University, where she was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research scholar and obtained a Master of Science in speech-language pathology from Columbia University. She completed a clinical fellowship in swallowing and swallowing disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Voice and Swallowing Clinics. Valentina has worked in both inpatient acute care and outpatient settings with adults with swallowing and communication impairments over the past 10 years. She has specialized in the evaluation and rehabilitation of swallowing dysfunction in adults across a diverse range of complex medical diagnoses. Valentina has advanced training in instrumental swallowing assessments including VFSS, FEES, and high-resolution pharyngeal manometry. She is currently the primary clinical speech pathologist for the multidisciplinary dysphagia clinic at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice. Valentina also participates in collaborative clinical research. She is a member of Dysphagia Research Society and ASHA, and has presented at the national and international levels.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Salary from Weill Cornell Medicine

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 and submit the learning assessment by July 31, 2030.

Program History and CE Information

Online conference dates: June 5–17, 2024, November 6-18, 2024
End date: July 31, 2030