Tracheostomised Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
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Join us on Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
Join us for a a thought-provoking afternoon of evidence-based presentations and clinical discussions relating to the management of tracheostomised patients with spinal cord injuries.
A series of 30-45 minute sessions with clinical specialists from backgrounds including Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Physiotherapy based around the UK. The afternoon will be led and supported by Clinical Educators at Atos Medical UK.
Agenda:
- Epidemiology and physiology
- Psychological impact and considerations in tracheostomised spinal cord injured patients
- Long-term weaning
- Post-discharge and the community perspective
- Physiology of pharyngeal weaning in the tracheostomised SCI cohort