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This bundle will offer many modules based on the COVID19 pandemic specific to the in-hospital perspective.

HPA The Catalyst (The Section on Health Policy and Administration) and AACPT (The Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy) have collaborated on 5 webinars so far (as of April 22, 2020) and have been joined by other sections for certain webinars. Within the recording documents you can see who collaborated by looking at the logos at the top.

This entire bundle is free for the profession. Each module will allow for some CEUs, but NO CEUs are offered for the bundle overall.

Please check back often as we will add modules as we build and launch new relevant topics

  • COVID-19: Implications for Physical and Occupational Therapy in the Acute Care Setting
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.00 0.00

    (LMS-COVID19-PTOT) This course will highlight the steps that one institution took to create an inpatient Clinical Standards of Care, for physical therapy and occupational therapy related to COVID-19. Presenters will share emerging evidence which includes the pathophysiology, cardiac and neurological considerations, common lab values, common images, and medical management of patients with COVID-19. This series is free to the profession.

    This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections on May 23, 2020. This series is free to the profession. Please check back often as we create and add modules. There are NO CEUs offered for this session

    There has been emerging evidence about COVID-19 but no definitive resources on how to translate this evidence into clinical practice. This course will highlight the steps that one institution took to create an inpatient Clinical Standards of Care, for physical therapy and occupational therapy related to this new condition. During this course, presenters will share emerging evidence from this updated resource which includes pathophysiology, cardiac and neurological considerations, common lab values, common images, and medical management of the patient with COVID-19. This information provides the foundation to their approach to evaluate and treat patients with COVID-19 and was incorporated in a clinical decision tree to assist with clinical reasoning in that facility for ICU and floor level patient care. Examples of workflows and interventions related to therapeutic intervention and education for patients and other bedside team members will be shared.

    Learning Objectives:

    1. Participants will be able to discuss considerations on creating institutional standard of care documents for an interdisciplinary team
    2. Participants will be able to describe the pathophysiology of COVID-19, including the cardiac and neurologic effects.
    3. Participants will be able to describe common lab values and medical management of patients diagnosed with COVID-19
    4. Participants will be able to discuss operational aspects of managing patients diagnosed with COVID-19 based on best available evidence

    Ashley Bella-Klepps

    PT, DPT

    Physical Therapist Mayo Clinic Hospital, Arizona

    Whitney Kortuem

    OTR/L

    Occupational Therapist Mayo Clinic Hospital, Arizona

    Jenna Schmid

    PT, DPT

    Physical Therapist Mayo Clinic Hospital, Arizona

    Course Instructions

    1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
    2. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
    3. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 


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    1. COVID-19 Expert Panel: You've Got Clinical Questions, Let's See if We Have Answers
      Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
      Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
      CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.00 0.00

      (LMS-COVID19-Panel) This is one module in a series of modules presented by a group of APTA sections and academies on May 23, 2020. This series explores COVID-19 through a panel of experts in an interactive Q&A session. This course is free to the profession.

      This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections and academies on May 23, 2020. This series is free to the profession. Please check back often as we create and add modules. There are NO CEUs offered for this session

      COVID-19 has changed many things in our day-to-day lives, including how we interact with patients. Different practice settings face unique challenges in meeting the needs of this patient population and the COVID-19 disease process itself continues to evolve. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants must continue to change as well. Join our group of content experts for a Q&A session to discuss solutions and lessons learned during this pandemic.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Participants will be able to describe skin challenges and interventions unique to the patient with COID-19.
      2. Participants will discuss issues around staffing and PPE usage.
      3. Participants will describe clinical challenges raised by COVID-19 in clinical practice, including ways practicing clinicians have addressed these various challenges.
      4. Participants will describe aspects of physical reconditioning of the COVID patient, including problems and strategies.

      Brian Hull

      PT, DPT, MBA

      Director of Rehabilitation BUMC - Sammons Specialty Clinic; BSWMC - Waxahachie; BSWMC All Saints - Fort Worth Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Hospital Division

      Kyle Ridgeway

      PT, DPT, CCS

      Clinical Instructor, PT Program University of Colorado Hospital University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

      Stephanie Woelfel

      PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS

      Director of Clinical Physical Therapy, Hospital Outpatient Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy & Surgery University of Southern California -- Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy

      Giuliana DeMaio

      PT

      Physiotherapist Spinal Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation "Gervasutta"

      Meghan Gushurst

      PT, DPT, CCS

      Advocate Christ Medical Center

      Todd E. Davenport

      PT, DPT, MPH, OCS

      Dr. Davenport serves as tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he teaches in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program. Dr. Davenport is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s DPT and Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency programs, as well as Master of Public Health program at the University of California - Berkeley. He is a past clinical research fellow at the Warren G. Magnusson Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where his work included construction and validation of function–based physical capacity tests for patients with chronic fatiguing illnesses.

      Dr. Davenport's clinical and research interests, as a physical therapist, broadly have included the effect of iatrogenic loading on the neuromusculoskeletal system in health and pathology. His main focus involves outcomes research and evidence synthesis in orthopedic and sports physical therapy. Dr. Davenport is also interested in the epidemiology of noncommunicable diseases, as well as program planning and evaluation as they relate to the prevention of injuries and chronic diseases. Dr. Davenport has authored articles describing clinical reasoning processes for the symptom-based diagnosis of pathology by physical therapists in order to determine the appropriateness of physical therapy and guide intervention. Dr. Davenport is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, as well as a reviewer for several journals in the fields of rehabilitation and rheumatology. Dr. Davenport is the recipient of several distinguished service, teaching, and research publication awards. In addition to his academic and service work, Dr. Davenport practices at the Kaiser Permanente Stockton Medical Office.

      Ellen R. Strunk

      PT, MS, GCS, CEEAA

      Certified in Healthcare Compliance Rehab Resources and Consulting, Inc.

      Course Instructions

      1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
      2. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
      3. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 


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      1. COVID-19: Minimizing the Impact of Social Distancing for the Older Adult
        Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
        Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
        CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.10 0.00

        (LMS-COVID19-GR1) This webinar will be looking at minimizing the impact of social distancing and is aimed primarily at our older adults, their caregivers and therapists looking for ideas to help the older adult in these challenging times.

        This webinar will be looking at minimizing the impact of social distancing and is aimed primarily at our older adults, their caregivers and therapists looking for ideas to help the older adult in these challenging times. Representatives from home health, acute care, geriatrics and the cognitive and mental health SIG will be speaking on ways individuals, their families, caregivers and therapists can help minimize the impact of the isolation being experienced by many of our older adults.

        NOTE: We do NOT apply for CEU approval for Geriatrics webinars, however your state licensure may allow credits for this education activity. We do provide a certificate of attendance, which can be downloaded below. You will need to contact the agency or organization in your state, which handles your professional licensure, in order to determine whether credit is available for webinars, and without applications for approval. There is no survey to be completed for this webinar.

        Emily Fleischman PT, DPT, GCS

        PT, DPT, GCS

        Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA

        Chris Childers

        PT, BSc (Hons), MS, PhD

        Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist; (GCS)Certified in Advanced Competency in Home Health

        Carolina Zubiri

        DPT, GCS

        Stanford Hospital, Intermediate ICU, Critical Care Team

        Diana Kornetti

        PT, MA, HCS-D, HCS-C

        Partner, Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions; President, Home Health Section

        Course Instructions

        1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
        2. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
        3. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 


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          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org. 

        1. Acute Care Physical Therapy and COVID-19: How Can We Add the Greatest Value? Part 2
          Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
          Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
          CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.20 0.00

          (LMS-COVID19-GV2) This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA.

          This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession. Please check back often as we create and add modules.

          This webinar was recorded on April 11, 2020

          This webinar will present clinical practice considerations such as assessing lab values and imaging results, differentiating ventilator versus non-ventilator patients, considerations for ECMO, positioning to optimize ventilation/perfusion patterns, and determining if there are any airway clearance needs (hint: most commonly not). Presenters will also discuss trends in the role of PT with these clients across the country and highlight potential best practices. Attendees will be able to submit questions and offer comments.

          The follow-up webinar to the March 21, 2020 webinar: Acute Care Physical Therapy and COVID-19: How Can We Add the Greatest Value? While only 3 weeks have gone by since that discussion, as a profession, we have quickly learned even more how we can add the greatest value during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this second webinar, we will dive deeper into the concept of thoughtful triaging and targeting of PT resources to add the greatest value during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include: managing and triaging physical therapy resources during the pandemic, leveraging real-time audiovisual technology for acute care therapy during COVID isolation, caring for the critically ill, and lessons learned from national health leaders.

          Kyle Ridgeway

          PT, DPT, CCS

          Clinical Instructor, PT Program University of Colorado Hospital University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

          Brian Hull

          PT, DPT, MBA

          Director of Rehabilitation BUMC - Sammons Specialty Clinic; BSWMC - Waxahachie; BSWMC All Saints - Fort Worth Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Hospital Division

          Course Instructions

          1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
          2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
          3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
          4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

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          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org. 

        2. Acute Care Physical Therapy and COVID-19: How Can We Add the Greatest Value? Part 1
          Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
          Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
          CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.20 0.00

          (LMS-COVID19-GV1) This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA.

          This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession. Please check back often as we create and add modules.

          This webinar was recorded on March 21, 2020

          As a novel strain, COVID-19 has been a challenge to determine best clinical practices across the health professions, including physical therapy. This webinar will highlight current insights into its pathophysiology and medical management, including its widespread acute inflammatory microvascular changes resulting in multi-system effects, including myocarditis, arrhythmias, and pneumonitis to full-blown ARDS (including updates from Society for Critical Care Medicine and American College of Cardiology).

          This webinar will present clinical practice considerations such as assessing lab values and imaging results, differentiating ventilator versus non-ventilator patients, considerations for ECMO, positioning to optimize ventilation/perfusion patterns, and determining if there are any airway clearance needs (hint: most commonly not). Presenters will also discuss trends in the role of PT with these clients across the country and highlight potential best practices. Attendees will be able to submit questions and offer comments.

          Kyle Ridgeway

          PT, DPT, CCS

          Clinical Instructor, PT Program University of Colorado Hospital University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

          Brian Hull

          PT, DPT, MBA

          Director of Rehabilitation BUMC - Sammons Specialty Clinic; BSWMC - Waxahachie; BSWMC All Saints - Fort Worth Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Hospital Division

          Course Instructions

          1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
          2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
          3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
          4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

          Need Assistance?

          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org. 

        3. COVID-19: Clinical Best Practices in Physical Therapy Management
          Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
          Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
          CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.20 0.00

          (LMS-COVID19-CBP) This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession.

          This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession. 

          This webinar will present clinical practice considerations such as assessing lab values and imaging results, differentiating ventilator versus non-ventilator patients, considerations for ECMO, positioning to optimize ventilation/perfusion patterns, and determining if there are any airway clearance needs (hint: most commonly not). Presenters will also discuss trends in the role of PT with these clients across the country and highlight potential best practices. Attendees will be able to submit questions and offer comments.

          Angela Campbell

          PT, DPT

          Angela Campbell received ABPTS Board Certification as a Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Clinical Specialist in 2001 (re-credentialled, 2011). Dr. Campbell, APTA member since 1993, is the current President of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary (CVP) Section. She is an ABPTS Clinical Content Expert, mentoring/writing for the specialist exam and contributor to the recently revised CVP Description of Specialty Practice. Dr. Campbell is a manuscript reviewer for Physiotherapy Theory and Practice and the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal. Dr. Campbell has been the Advocacy/Legislative Chair, Federal Affairs Liaison, and Nominating Committee Chair for the CVP Section. She has been a member of the APTA Credentialing Committee of the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency & Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE). She has presented nationally at various conferences. Clinically, Dr. Campbell has worked at multiple academic medical centers, in both inpatient and outpatient capacities. She coordinated an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program and served on cystic fibrosis and lung transplant care teams.

          Heidi Joyce Engel

          PT, DPT

          University of California San Francisco clinical specialist and instructor Heidi Engel has been a physical therapist for 33 years, and works at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She earned her DPT from Boston University in 2007, and currently teaches at UCSF, conducts research in ICU Rehabilitation, has given over 75 presentations outside of UCSF, and is an author on 11 peer reviewed publications. Dr Engel has worked in the ICU at UCSF since October 2008, and in her career has worked in every Acute care PT service, as well as outpatients and home health settings. She received the UCSF Outstanding Colleague of Nursing Award in 2012, a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine in 2013, and the American Physical Therapy Association Jack Walker Award for Research Excellence in 2014. Current projects include being a core member for an APTA sponsored clinical practice guideline for Physical Therapy in the ICU, working on the planning committee for the American Delirium Society, and serving as an appointed Committee member for the Society of Critical Care Medicine ICU Liberation Campaign.

          Ellen A. Hillegass

          PT, PhD, FAPTA

          Dr. Ellen Hillegass is a physical therapist with APTA board certification in cardiovascular and pulmonary clinical specialty. She currently holds position of Adjunct Professor at Mercer University in Atlanta in the Department of Physical Therapy, and at Western Carolina, NC. Ellen is also the President and CEO of Cardiopulmonary Specialists, a private consulting firm that provides consulting and education on cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. She also presents courses across the country on Early mobility. She has been active in the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section for many years and is the former Payment and Policy Chair for the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section. She has represented the cardiovascular and pulmonary issues of physical therapists at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services along with the APTA on several occasions. She is a member of the NQF Cardiovascular Measures Standing Committee which votes on Quality Measures in Cardiovascular Disease. She also started a Clinical Residency in Cardiopulmonary through Mercer University in conjunction with Piedmont Hospital and works with the residents in the ICUs weekly. Her first resident was recently awarded CCS this past February at APTA CSM meeting in San Antonio, where 2 former residents presented their research as well (one on walking IABP and one with a poster on early mobility.

          Christiane Perme

          PT

          Christiane Perme, PT CCS FCCM is the owner of Perme ICU Rehab Seminars and a Rehab Education Specialist at Houston Methodist Hospital, where she has practiced for the past 33 years. She is Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, the first physical therapist in the world to receive such recognition. In addition, she is a Board Certified Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Clinical Specialist. Mrs. Perme has extensive experience in early mobility in ICU, with special interest in patients on mechanical ventilation. She has published 19 articles and is co-author in 9 book chapters. Mrs. Perme is a world-renowned speaker with and has presented hundreds of courses and lectures including the United States, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria, Netherlands, Canada, and Spain.

          Stephen Cameron Ramsey

          PT, DPT

          Stephen Ramsey is a Physical therapist who graduated from Augusta University in 2014. He then completed the Cardiovascular and pulmonary Residency program through Mercer University in July 2016 and achieved board certification in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical therapy in 2017. He is a mentor and research advisor for current CVP residents. His personal research focus involves clinical trials ambulating critically ill cardiac patients with femoral IABPs and ECMO as well as the use of diagnostic ultrasound in physical therapy clinical practice. He currently practices full time in the cardiac ICUs at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Stephen also acts as adjunct faculty in the DPT programs at Mercer University and Western Carolina University and assists in teaching diagnostic ultrasound in the Department of Physician Assistant studies at Mercer University. He is the current Advocacy Chair for the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary section.

          Course Instructions

          1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
          2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
          3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
          4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

          Need Assistance?

          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org. 

        4. Physical Therapy Considerations of Neurologic Presentations in COVID-19
          Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
          Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
          CEU Certificate Medical CEU 0.20 0.00

          (LMS-COVID19-Neuro) This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. During this webinar presenters will discuss the emerging evidence of neurologic impairments found in patients with COVID-19. This will include physiology and anatomy, neurological vital sign considerations, impact of medications, and assessment and treatment considerations when evaluating this population.

          This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession. 

          This webinar was recorded on April 25, 2020.

          By the end of this session, the participant will

          • Recall a brief overview of the pathophysiology of COVID-19 as it relates to the neuro system
          • Discuss emerging evidence related to neurologic impairments found in COVID-19 patients
          • Consider the importance of vital sign monitoring when working with neurologic patients with this condition
          • Review assessment of delirium, weakness and other impairments found in this population
          • Discuss treatment strategies

          Kim Levenhagen

          PT, DPT, WCC, CLT, FNAP

          Academy of Acute Care, Practice Committee and Nominating Committee; Associate Professor, Saint Louis University Program in Physical Therapy

          ​Sharon L. Gorman

          PT, DPTSc

          Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy; Fellow, National Academies of Practice; Professor, Samuel Merritt University, Department of Physical Therapy; President of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy

          ​Akanshka Verma

          PT, MA, NCS

          Supervisor of Physical Therapy on the Inpatient Rehabilitation and Acute Neurology Service, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

          ​Sowmya Kumble

          PT, MPT, NCS

          Clinical Resource Analyst, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

          ​Morgan Lopker

          PT, DPT

          Senior Physical Therapist, Critical Care and Education Lead; Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Southern California; Vice-Chair of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy Practice Committee

          Course Instructions

          1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
          2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
          3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
          4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

          Need Assistance?

          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org. 

        5. Physical Therapy Considerations of COVID-19 in the Post-Acute Setting
          Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
          Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
          Completion Certificate Medical CEU 0.00 0.00

          (LMS-COVID19-PAS) This course, presented by the Academy of Acute Care Management and the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, explores the management of patients in the rehabilitation setting with debility and neurological conditions related to COVID-19. Current evidence and clinical pearls will be shared by New York City physical therapists.

          This is one module in a series of modules presented by the a group of APTA sections: Academy of Acute Care Management, Cardiovascular Section and the HPA. This series is free to the profession. There are NO CEUs for this session.

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          This webinar was recorded on April 18, 2020

          This webinar will present clinical practice considerations such as assessing lab values and imaging results, differentiating ventilator versus non-ventilator patients, considerations for ECMO, positioning to optimize ventilation/perfusion patterns, and determining if there are any airway clearance needs (hint: most commonly not). Presenters will also discuss trends in the role of PT with these clients across the country and highlight potential best practices. Attendees will be able to submit questions and offer comments.

          The follow-up webinar to the March 21, 2020 webinar: Acute Care Physical Therapy and COVID-19: How Can We Add the Greatest Value? While only 3 weeks have gone by since that discussion, as a profession, we have quickly learned even more how we can add the greatest value during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this second webinar, we will dive deeper into the concept of thoughtful triaging and targeting of PT resources to add the greatest value during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include: managing and triaging physical therapy resources during the pandemic, leveraging real-time audiovisual technology for acute care therapy during COVID isolation, caring for the critically ill, and lessons learned from national health leaders.

          Melissa Bednarek

          PT, DPT, PhD

          CCS Certified in Advanced Competency in Home Health; Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA

          Kenneth L. Miller

          PT, DPT, MA

          Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist; Advanced Credentialed Exercise Expert for Aging Adults; University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX

          Pamela Bartlo

          PT, DPT, CCS

          Vice President, APTA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section; Clinical Associate Professor, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY; Mount St Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston, NY

          Morgan Johnson

          PT, MSPT, CCS

          President, Good Heart Education; Adjunct Faculty, University of Toledo; Physical Therapist, Grand Traverse Skilled Nursing Facility

          Tara Pollok

          PT, DPT, CCS

          Education Chair, APTA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section; Acute/Critical Care Physical Therapist

          Chris Chimenti

          MSPT

          Senior Director of Clinical Innovation at HCR Home Care; Vice President of the Home Health Section of APTA

          Rachel Botkin

          PT, MPT

          Advanced Competency in Home Health; Owner, Botkin Rehab Services; Adjunct Faculty, Clark State Community College; Home Health Practice Committee Member

          Course Instructions

          1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
          2. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
          3. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

          Need Assistance?

          For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.