Learning objectives
THE STUDENT MUST KNOW
-THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION STANDARDS
-HOW TO ASSESS A PATIENT WITH CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS IN ACUTE, CHRONICAL OR ACUTE ON CHRONICAL SITUATION. THE STUDENT ALSO NEEDS TO FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF TREATMENT FOR THAT PATIENT
-THE AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES
- HOW TO SET UP A MUSCULAR TRAINING IN THE RESPIRATORY PATIENT
-THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY MOBILIZATION IN ICU
-THE PATIENTS AFFECTED BY CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
Course unit content
-PULMONARY REHABILITATION: DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS
-ITALIAN GUIDELINES ON PULMONARY REHABILITATION
-SHORT BACKGROUND ABOUT THE ANATOMY AND KINESIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
-THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH CARDIAC AND LUNG PROBLEMS
- MUCUS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER AIRWAYS: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF THE BRONCHIAL MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE
- HOW TO CLEAN THE UPPER AIRWAYS
- HOW TO MEASURE CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY SIGNS: BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, RESPIRATORY RATE, OXYHAEMOGLOBINIC SATURATION
-AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES: THE RATIONALE AND OPERATIONAL LEVELS
-COUGH: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY, ASSESSMENT, MANUAL COUGH ASSISTANCE AND MECHANICAL COUGH ASSISTANCE; SHORT BACKGROUND ABOUT AIR STACKING TECHNIQUE AND FROG BREATHING
- UPPER AIRWAYS CLEARANCE
-AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES
-POSITIVE EXPIRATORY PRESSURE: THE RATIONALE, PURSED LIPS TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL AIDS (CONTINUOUS OR OSCILLATORY PEP: DESCRIPTION, HOW TO USE AND STERILIZE THEM
-AIRWAY CLEARANCE TECHNIQUES WITH EXPIRATORY FLOW MODULATION: ELTGOL, AUTOGENIC DRAINAGE, FORCED EXPIRATORY TECHNIQUE, EXPIRATORY FLOW ACCELERATION (AFE), ELPr (EXPIRATION LENTE PROLONGEE)
-LUNG RE-EXPANSION: DEEP BREATHING TECHNIQUE AND AIDS
- PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY: ABDOMINAL, THORACIC AND CARDIAC SURGERY
- CYSTIC FIBROSIS: CHARACTERISTICS, ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT AND TREATMENT OF THE LUNG DISEASE AND OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS
- ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIO-RESPIRATORY PATIENT PART 2: FIELD TESTS (6MWT, SHUTTLE TEST, SPPB, SIT TO STAND CHAIR TEST). ERS/ATS GUIDELINES
- MUSCLE TRAINING IN THE RESPIRATORY PATIENT: THE RATIONALE, MODALITIES. UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS TRAINING
- THE PATIENT IN ICU: EARLY MOBILIZATION
Teaching methods
-LECTURES
-WORKSHOP WITH PATIENTS
-PRACTICAL TRAINING
-CLINICAL CASES DISCUSSION
