Addressing the Unmet Needs of Patients with Long COVID

Location: Jacksonville, FL

About the Course

When it comes to working with patients with Long COVID, there are so many questions and conflicting answers.

• How hard should you push these patients?  
• Which evaluations and special tests are most effective for this population?  
• You’re treating patients for another diagnosis … but they had COVID … how do you modify your plan of care?  

We will answer these questions and so many more about appropriate screening, assessment, and interventions for your patients with long COVID and other comorbidities. We will look at the impact of long COVID on the immune system, especially with autonomic dysregulation, and address how to move your patients forward and educate them about how to appropriately improve their everyday functioning. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: 

• Debate challenges of post-COVID patients and their impact on functional and occupational performance
• Practice screening tools for lingering effects of COVID-19 to best utilize solutions for these problems and enhance performance of activities of daily living and other occupational tasks
• Investigate the significance of sleep/rest in rehabilitation following SARS-CoV-2 infection
• Investigate the significance of the inflammatory response in COVID-19 and how to address these changes in patients
• Analyze how to rewire neurology pathways with neuroplasticity techniques for enhanced functional and occupational performance in post viral autonomic dysregulation
• Investigate, accommodate, and treat rehabilitation challenges and immune system challenges?to improve client participation in activities and treatment

About the Presenter

Shelly Denes, PT, CFPS, C/NDT, CGCP, is an expert in fall prevention and neuro rehab with more than 25 years of experience treating patients with hemiplegia, neuromuscular disorders, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injuries (SCI). She has been extensively involved with neuroprosthetic devices, lower extremity orthotics, and exoskeletons at the Rehab Institute of Michigan. She helped create the Fall Prevention Specialist and Geriatric Care Professional certifications with the Evergreen Certifications, has the certification herself, and sits on their advisory board. 

Course Timed Outline  

• SAR-Co-V2 and COVID-19 (40 minutes)
• The COVID Long Hauler/Long COVID (30 minutes) 
• 10-minute break 
• Comprehensive Evaluation with Emphasis on the Neuro Screen (60 minutes)
• 10-minute break
• Impact on Related Organ Systems (30 minutes)
• Persistent Symptoms after the Active COVID Phase and what We as Healthcare Providers Can Do about It (45 minutes) 
• 60-minute lunch break
  POTS and Dysautonomia in Long Haulers?(60 minutes) 
• Bouncing Back from COVID-19 as a Long Hauler?(20 minutes) 
• 10-minute break 
• Case Scenarios?and Appropriate Screening Tools (45 minutes) 
• Key Takeaways (30 minutes) 

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Disclaimer
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.
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Approvals and Accreditations

Colibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 9527. This Live course is offered at 0.6 CEUs, Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.