This course is Lesson 1 of a recently completed webinar entitled, "Pulmonary Rehab: Back to the Basics." Successfully completing this lesson will earn 1.5 CEs. For accreditation information and presenter biographies, Click here.

Topics:

1. Current American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society definition of pulmonary rehabilitation.
2. Required and recommended resources that should be available in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
3. Essential components of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program.
4. Staffing a pulmonary rehabilitation program, including minimum staff requirements, staff to patient ratios, staff competency requirements.
5. Pulmonary rehabilitation facilities, including required equipment and supplies.
6. Pulmonary rehabilitation policy and procedure requirements.
7. Medical emergencies in pulmonary rehabilitation.
8. The physician’s role in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

1. List the resources that should be available in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
2. Identify the essential components of a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
3. Identify the minimum standards necessary to attain program certification.