This course focuses on the common problem of swallowing difficulties and choking incidents in the care environment. Dysphagia is a life-threatening disease that can cause severe physical and emotional problems. It looks into the difficulties surrounding treating and caring for people with dysphagia; including the logistics of implementing a proper dysphagia treatment programme and how to create a personalised care plan using the IDDSI protocols. It also discusses the medical emergency of choking and how to treat it.
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