California Respiratory Therapy CEU Package 27-Hours
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Anxiety and Depression Management for Healthcare professionals 1Course Release Date: 6/15/2022
Mood disorders are common and often mistreated. The purpose of this course is to help healthcare workers in their treatment of patients with mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, and to provide patients with access to treatment options. The treatment of mood disorders includes therapy and medication. This course helps to prepare healthcare professionals to differentiate the various mood disorders patients are exhibiting and their causes, identify risk factors for these disorders, recommend treatment options, provide a calm and supportive environment for patients, explore holistic considerations, and use evidence-based complementary therapies to assist patients.
- Asthma, As a Disease State, 3rd Edition 2
Course release date: 6/1/2022
About the Course
This intermediate-level course is applicable to respiratory therapists and other healthcare professionals who care for individuals with asthma. Up-to-date information regarding the definition of asthma, its pathology, and interventions are provided. - Chest Trauma, 2nd Edition 2
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
In this course the learner will be introduced to the various types of chest traumas that can occur and how to manage and/or treat these injuries.
- Evaluation of the Pulmonary Patient, 3rd Edition 2
Course Release: 7/10/2023
About the Course
In this course the learner will obtain the necessary skills and information to assess the type of disease process that a patient may present with for a pulmonary disease processes. This course will compare and contrast normal versus abnormal laboratory values, anatomy, and other characteristics that are important to understanding and assessing the pulmonary patient. - Evidence-Based Implicit Bias Implications for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals 1Course release date: 12/23/2021
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to provide a historical context of race and racism and its relationship to the development of racial implicit bias. The development of implicit bias will be discussed along with research demonstrating the impact of implicit bias on the clinical encounter. Recommendations for mitigating implicit bias are offered. - Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy 2
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
This is a general course about the fiberoptic bronchoscope and the techniques that are being used to deliver patient care. - Infection Control for Respiratory Care Practitioners 1
Course release date: 7/10/2023
This is an overview of the important steps that need to be taken in order to help reduce the amount of hospital acquired infections that occur each year, especially in regard to respiratory therapist.
- Infectious Diseases Related to Domestic and International Travel 2Release Date: 7/10/2023About the CourseThis intermediate course is designed for respiratory therapists who may encounter infectious diseases related to domestic and international travel. It begins with a discussion of human migration and the spread of diseases, including contributing factors to the spread of infectious diseases. The course then focuses on specific bacterial, viral, fungal, helminth, and other types of infections and diseases, including causes, transmission, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control that may affect travelers.
- Interprofessional Evidence-Based Cardiopulmonary Management Protocols 6
Course release date: 2/16/2023
About the Course
This engaging video course reviews the physiology and pathophysiology of cardiovascular and related pulmonary disease processes, as well as common surgical cardiac procedures and the effects of different comorbidities, to familiarize practitioners with diagnostic factors, to then optimize care for their cardiac patients.Practitioners will learn current interprofessional clinical protocols for ongoing monitoring of clinical risks, exercise limitations, exercise training models, and patient education. Case studies are shared throughout this course for practical application, and collaboration of all interprofessional members will be stressed for effective client centered care. Clinicians will be empowered to utilize this information in their everyday practice for a range of settings, to include acute hospitals, clinics, skilled nursing facilities and home health.
- Mental Health Self-Care Checklist for Healthcare Professionals 1Course Release Date: June 1st, 2022
About the Course:
This course explores the mental health issues that healthcare professionals face. Healthcare professionals will be able to better understand the epidemiology, risk factors, protective factors and symptoms of mental health disorders. They also will learn about the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals’ mental health, as well as general interventions addressing mental health disorders in healthcare professionals. This course is a level 4 for difficulty.
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders, 3rd Edition 2Course Release Date: September 8th, 2022
This intermediate course is designed to provide respiratory therapists and other healthcare professionals with current knowledge regarding obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and other sleep disorders. While many healthcare professionals have a cursory knowledge of the nature of sleep and the disorders associated with it, the depth of knowledge necessary to adequately screen and diagnose individuals with sleep disorders is not widespread across all medical disciplines. Although sleep medicine is its own specialty, all medical disciplines can screen for signs and symptoms of sleep disturbances and pathological outcomes associated with undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders.
- Preventing Medical Errors and Promoting Patient Safety, 2nd Edition 2Release Date: November 15th, 2022About the Course: This course is designed to inform the student about what medical errors are. The student will review the causes that contribute to medical errors. After learning about the factors contributing to medical errors, the student will then review different processes for reducing the occurrence of medical errors. Finally, the student will learn about methods for preventing medical errors and/or promoting patient safety.
- Sleep Apnea and Home Positive Airway Pressure Therapy 1
Course release date: 10/09/2023
About the Course
The purpose of this course is to introduce and explain common sleep disorders and the methods of treatment options for these various sleep disorders. - Tuberculosis: An Overview for Healthcare Providers 2Course Release Date: 1/25/2023
This course provides an overview of the current information about tuberculosis (TB) across the life span. Prevention, detection, and treatment options are included, with a focus on measures to protect healthcare workers from contracting TB. The course is intended for healthcare workers who practice in various settings—from institutional to community. Having current knowledge about TB is the only way to provide effective care to people who have contracted it.