Target audience
Clinicians
Physiotherapists
Educational aims
Participants will gain an understanding of the different components of ventilator-dependent patient management through lectures, workshops, and hands-on sessions.
Programme
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The chronically critical patient: pathophysiological problems
N. Ambrosino (Volterra, PI, Italy)
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The ventilator dependent patient: epidemiology
J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Modalities of ventilation
J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Chronic nutrition
M. Kampelmacher (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS
M. Gonçalves (Porto, Portugal), F. Burgos (Barcelona,Spain), J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Home physiotherapy
M. Gonçalves (Porto, Portugal)
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Discharge planning
J. Escarrabill (Barcelona, Spain)
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The difficulty to wean a patient from hospital to home
N. Ambrosino (Volterra, PI, Italy)
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Professional care-givers
M. Gonçalves (Porto, Portugal)
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Telemonitoring; who, when, what
J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Call center’s standards and case manager role
M. Vitacca (Lumezzane, Italy)
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Patients’ adherence, limitations, gaps to telemedicine programmes
J.M.Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain)
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Costs and benefits: sustainability and transferability
G. Turchetti (Pisa, Italy)
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PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS II.
J.M.Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), S. Mazzoleni (Pisa, Italy), J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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COPD ventilator dependent patient
N. Ambrosino (Volterra, PI, Italy)
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The neuromuscular ventilator dependent patient
A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
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Industry’s point of view
S. Mazzoleni (Pisa, Italy)
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Telemedicine in prolonged ICU stay
J. Escarrabill (Barcelona, Spain)
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Outcomes of telemedicine programmes in different patient subgroups
M. Kampelmacher (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Care giver education
A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
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Legal issues
M. Vitacca (Lumezzane, Italy)
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End of life issues
A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
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