Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy (CPTL501): Course Content

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY REGARDING THE CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM

• INTRODUCTION
• APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• Anatomy of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• Physiology of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

• Ischemic Cardiac Condition
• Cardiac Muscle Dysfunction
• Restrictive Lung Dysfunction
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
• Cardiopulmonary Implications of Specific Diseases.

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND PROCEDURES

• Cardiovascular Diagnostic Tests and procedures
• Electro cardiography
• Pulmonary Diagnostic Tests and Procedures.

SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS, MONITORING AND SUPPORT

• Cardiovascular and Thoracic interventions
• Thoracic Organ Transplantation; Heart, Lung, and heart-Lung
• Monitoring and Life-Support Equipment.

CARDIOPULMONARY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION

• Assessment Procedures
• Treatment of Acute Cardiopulmonary Conditions
• Therapeutic    Interventions in   Cardiac   Rehabilitation and Prevention
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Outcome Measures.

THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC PATIENTS INTENSIVE CARE FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL ADULT

• Assessment of the critically ill patient in the intensive care unit(ICU)
• Mechanical ventilation - implications for physiotherapy
• Musculoskeletal problems
• Patient groups with specific needs
• Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
• Inhalation burns.
• Trauma Neurological conditions requiring intensive care.
• Physiotherapy techniques
• Emergency situations.

PULMONARY REHABILITATION

• Definition and aims of pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation
• Setting up pulmonary rehabilitation
• Resources
• Selection of patients
• Patient assessment for pulmonary rehabilitation
• Structure of pulmonary rehabilitation
• Pulmonary rehabilitation team
• Exercise component Outcome measures.

CARDIAC REHABILITATION

• Introduction
• Goals of cardiac rehabilitation
• Cardiac rehabilitation team
• Role of the physiotherapist
• Rationale for cardiac rehabilitation
• Early ambulation
• Exercise training
• Secondary prevention
• Education
• Manifestations of ischaemic heart disease
• Cardiac arrest
• Angina pectoris
• Myocardial infarction
• Cardiac surgery

• Drugs to control the cardiovascular system
• Physiotherapy
• Assessment
• Recording Treatment
• Outcome evaluation
• Complications of exercise
• Other considerations
• The older patient
• Cardiac failure
• Valvular heart disease
• Congenital heart disease
• Compliance
• Cost-effectiveness
• Legal aspects.

CARDIOPULMONARY TRANSPLANTATION (Overview with reference to the Physical Therapist)

• Introduction
• Assessment
• The transplantation process
• Donors
• Operative procedures
• Postoperative care
• Rejection of the transplanted organs
• Immunosuppressant
• Special considerations for the physiotherapist
• Denervation of the heart/lungs
• Infection/rejection
• Physiotherapy management.

HYPERVENTILATION

• Introduction
• Signs and symptoms
• Causes of hyperventilation
• Personality
• Diagnostic tests
• Breathing patterns
• Treatment
• The assessment
• Treatment plan
• Breathing education
• Breathing pattern re-education
• Compensatory procedures in the short term
• Planned rebreathing
• Speech
• Home programme
• Exercise and fitness programme
• Group therapy.

BRONCHIECTASIS, PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA AND CYSTICFIBROSIS

• Bronchiectasis
• Medical management
• Physiotherapy
• Evaluation of physiotherapy
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• Medical management
• Physiotherapy Evaluation of physiotherapy
• Cystic fibrosis
• Medical management
• Physiotherapy
• Evaluation of physiotherapy
• Continuity of care.

LAB WORK

• Principles of assessment and outcome measures
• Documentation in SOAP notes format
• Evidence based cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Treatmentprotocols.
• Airway clearance
• Breathing exercises
• Postural drainage
• Cardiao pulmonary exercise prescriptions
• Practical related to the course work