Description

Includes 2 contact hours of Category 1 continuing education for $15 per session!

Zoom Virtual: Tuesday, February 16th from 6:30-8:30 pm & Tuesday, March 23rd from 6:30-8:30pm.
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For questions Course Coordinator: Maikha Xiong at xion1047@umn.edu

Outline

Session I:
Title: Pulmonary Physiology and the Impact of SARS-CoV-2
Date: Tuesday, February 16th 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Presenter: Manda L Keller-Ross, PhD, DPT
Dr. Keller-Ross completed her Post-doctoral Fellow at Mayo Clinic (Cardiovascular Diseases) She earned her PhD Integrative Neuromuscular Physiology, Exercise Physiology from Marquette University. She graduated from Marquette University with a Doctorate in Physical and B.S in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota. She is currently a faculty member of two PhD Programs: Integrative Biology and Physiology & Rehabilitation Science. Her teaching area is in Physiology. She also leads the Cardiovascular Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory (CRRL) . The lab has a primary interest to investigate limitations in 1) human performance in healthy individuals disorders and 2) exercise intolerance in those with cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders.

Session II:
Title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Across the Continuum of Care
Date: Tuesday, March 23rd 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Presenter: Eric Andersen, PT, DPT additional guest speakers to be announced
Eric graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and a B.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Wisconsin. He has been an acute care therapist for 8 years working at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and currently the University of Minnesota Medical Center with Fairview Health. His primary focus has been in the intensive care units (ICU). He is currently a Clinical Specialist within Fairview focusing on the medically complex patient. Eric has given lectures on Early Mobility in the ICU as well as attended the John Hopkins Early Mobility conference. He also assisted in the creation of a comprehensive ICU orientation program for therapists. Eric's research focus is the early mobilization of patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Objectives

Title: Pulmonary Physiology and the Impact of SARS-CoV-2

Objectives for this CE course

Upon completion of the course, participants will understand and be able to explain:

• Mechanics and function of the pulmonary system
• How gas exchange occurs in a healthy lung and how changes in metabolism and blood flow can influence gas exchange
• Pulmonary circulation: how ventilation-perfusion mismatching causes abnormal gas exchange
• Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on pulmonary physiology and function
• The impact of smoking and co-morbidities on mortality in those with SARS-CoV-2
• The disproportionate rate at which communities of color become sick and/or die of SARS-CoV-2

Title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Across the Continuum of Care

Objectives for this CE course

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to explain:

• Clinical presentation of COVID-19 from the ICU to the outpatient clinic
• Treatment objectives across the continuum of care
• Experience from the front lines: discussing the decision-making process to initiate rehabilitation in the ICU from the pandemic outset
• Current literature and treatment modalities surrounding "Long-hauler" patients and the state of Post-COVID Syndrome