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 AN ENDURANCE AND STRENGHT TRAINING IN THE
RESPIRATORY PATIENT
-THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY MOBILIZATION IN ICU
-THE PATIENTS AFFECTED BY CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND BRONCHIECTASIS
Prerequisites
ATTENDANCE TO THE LESSONS ABOUT PULMONOLOGY
Course unit content
Pulmonary rehabilitation: italian recommendations and features
The respiratory system: anatomy and kinesiology
Secretions in the upper and lower airways: the mucociliary clearance
mechanism
How to misure blood pressare, peripheral oxygen saturation, respiratory
and hear rate
Nasal washings
Airway clearance techniques:
positive expiratory pressure (pursed lips technique, pep mask, pep
valve);
Airway clearance techniques with the expiratory flow: ELTGOL, autogenic
trainate, FET
Cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Field tests: 6 minute walking test, shuttle test, step test, sit to stand chair
test, sppb). Ers/ats guidelines
Exercise training in respiratory patients
The icu patient: Early mobilization in intensive care unit; critical illness
(the patient with covid-19, interstitial lung disease, rheumatological disease and neuromuscular disease)
Full programme
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Bibliography
TEACHER'S SLIDES
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held on-site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
FINAL WRITTEN TEST
Other information
the lessons about covid, interstitial lung disease, rheumatological disease and neuromuscolar disease depend on the possibility of presence of patients
