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presented by Hema Desai, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLEC, NTMTC and Jennifer Raminick, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Financial: Jennifer Raminick and Hema Desai receive compensation from MedBridge for this course. Jennifer Raminick and Hema Desai are also both employees of CHOC Children’s Hospital.
Nonfinancial: Jennifer Raminick and Hema Desai have no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
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Hema Desai, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLEC, NTMTC
Hema Desai is an inpatient speech pathologist who has worked with infants and children with feeding and swallowing disorders since 2000. She has her board-certification specialties in swallowing and swallowing disorders (BCS-S) and neonatal touch and massage (NTMTC) and is a clinical lactation education counselor (CLEC). Hema is a clinical supervisor for graduate students, as…
Read full bioJennifer Raminick, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Jen Raminick graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and has been a speech-language pathologist at a pediatric acute care hospital for more than eight years. She has earned her board-certified specialist accreditation in swallowing and has multiple leadership roles in the hospital, including chair of the clinical practice committee to guide patient care. She…
Read full bio1. Respiratory System Development
This chapter will define primary anatomical structures, musculature, and reflexes involved in respiration and airway protection in children.
2. Dysphagia and Aspiration in Children
In this chapter, clinicians will gain an understanding of types of aspiration and how they impact the lungs, as well as high-risk populations and risk factors for aspiration pneumonia.
3. Pathophysiology of Lung Damage
In this chapter, clinicians will gain understanding of the pathophysiology of underlying lung damage resulting from aspiration and dysphagia and clinical implications for infants and children.
4. Factors to Consider When Evaluating for Aspiration in Children
This chapter will help clinicians recognize consequences of aspiration when making feeding recommendations for children with dysphagia.
5. Management of Children With Dysphagia Who Are Aspirating
This chapter will describe clinical reasoning for the management and treatment for children with dysphagia who are aspirating.
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