Continuing Education

4 CEUs with Certificate  $8.00    This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care and expires Dec 31, 2025.   This course meets the NBRC’s Credentialing Management Program (CMP) Online Education requirements as outlined in Option One (review the handout). Course Objectives:      1.      Occupational lung diseases manifestations and therapeutic measures 2.      Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) manifestations and therapeutic measures 3.      Acute bronchitis manifestations and therapeutic measures 4.      Pneumonia manifestations and therapeutic measures 5.      Tubercu…

3 CEUs  with certificate  $6.00          Course Objective    This course will introduce/review various diseases and disorders that affect the newborn and the pediatric patient.   Many perinatal disorders affect the respiratory system. Some disorders are developmental abnormalities of the heart, lungs, or airways; some are caused by prematurity;  some are caused by problems during labor and delivery, and some are caused by treatments. This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care and expires Dec 31, 2024.  This course meets the NBRC's requirement for the Credentialing Management Program (CMP).    Course Outline 1.    Review the clinical findings, radiograph…

3 CEUs  with Certificate  $6.00    This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care and expires Dec 31, 2025.   This course meets the NBRC’s Credentialing Management Program (CMP) Online Education requirements as outlined in Option One (review the handout). This course aims to provide a review of monitoring tools used in the practice of Respiratory Care. This course will provide a comprehensive review of the principles, applications, and limitations of assessment tools for monitoring oxygenation and ventilation, Carbon monoxide poisoning, specifically focusing on pulse oximetry and capnography, arterial blood gas, and co-oximetry. The course will reinforce the importance of these monitoring tools in clinical settings, how they compleme…

 5 CEUs with certificate  $10.00 This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care, expires Dec 31, 2025.   This course meets the NBRC’s Credentialing Management Program (CMP) Online Education requirements as outlined in Option One (review the handout). Overview    Asthma is a chronic (long-term) condition that affects the airways in the lungs.  The “asthmatic” is affected when they are exposed to triggers that cause a narrowing of the airways. The purpose of this course is to provide useful up-to-date information for the Respiratory Therapist from the 2022 GINA updates, which also include COVID -19 and Asthma. This is a section review of the 2022 Asthma Global Initiative. Course Objective The respiratory therapist will be provided …

3 CEU's  with certificate   $6.00     This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care, expires Dec 31, 2025.  This course meets the NBRC's requirement for the Credentialing Management Program (CMP).   Course Objective   This course is an introduction/review for Respiratory Therapists. Respiratory Therapists are involved in both performing pulmonary function testing and helping the physician interpret the results. They also help to determine what should be done in response to the results.  Course Outline  1. Describe the general purpose of performing pulmonary function tests (PFTs).  2. Identify the situations in which PFTs are indicated.  3. Describe how physical factors affect PFT measuremen…

3 CEUs  with Certificate  $6.00    This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care and expires Dec 31, 2025.   This course meets the NBRC’s Credentialing Management Program (CMP) Online Education requirements as outlined in Option One (review the handout). Course Description: The growing trend of vaping, positioned as a safer alternative to traditional smoking, raises significant public health alarms, especially among the youth misled by its perceived harmlessness. This Continuing Education Unit (CEU) aims to equip healthcare professionals, particularly respiratory therapists, with a deep understanding of vaping's health risks, including its contribution to respiratory and cardiovascular issues, its dangers during pregnancy, and the addict…

2 CEU's  with Certificate  $4.00 This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care and expires Dec 31, 2025.   This course meets the NBRC’s Credentialing Management Program (CMP) Online Education requirements as outlined in Option One (review the handout). Course Outline: I. Introduction to Atrial Fibrillation (AF)         A. Definition and prevalence of AF         B. Impact on morbidity and mortality         C. Importance of comprehensive understanding for healthcare professionals   II. Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart         A. Structure of the heart         &nbsp…

Overview  3 CEU with Certificate $6.00 This course is approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care, and expires Dec 31, 2025.  This course meets the NBRC's requirement for the Credentialing Management Program (CMP).  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) includes a number of diseases or conditions, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and/or scarred, and the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged. Another type of lung disease is marked by permanent damage to tissues in the lungs, making it hard to breathe with increased secretions and airway remodeling. COPD is a condition of chronic dyspnea with expiratory airflow limitation that does not significantly fluctuate. Within that broad category, the primary cause of the obstruction may vary; examples…