National MND Respiratory Physiotherapy Upskill Workshop 2025
Supporting ventilation and prescribing airway clearance
Welcome to our specialised course designed to deepen your understanding and enhance your skills in supporting ventilation and managing airway clearance in individuals with MND across their disease progression. This course is open to all physiotherapists with an interest in supporting people and their families / carers navigating MND. This national course is facilitated by physiotherapists of the ReSPiCoND* collaborative, with funding from FightMND and sponsors, and coordination by MND Victoria.
*Respiratory Physiotherapy in Complex NeuroDisability.
Details:
Date: Saturday 31st May 2025
Location: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde NSW 2114
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Registrations open at 8:30am, with the course beginning at 9:00am.
Learning outcomes:
- To build community therapists’ roles and skills in the management of respiratory needs of people living with MND across their disease course.
- To develop / consolidate skills in the assessment and prescription of airway clearance adjuncts.
Course inclusions:
- Teas and lunch will be provided.
- The trainer will provide the following equipment:
- Lung volume recruitment kit
- RMST devices
- MI-E cough assist
- Nebuliser
- Humidifier
- Portable suction machine
Please note: the $100 ticket price includes teas, lunch and equipment to keep (LVR, RMST & MIE circuit)
What to bring:
- Stethoscope
- +/- Finger Probe O2 Sats Monitor
- +/- Peak Flow Meter
- +/- Spirometer
If you have any questions or would like to find out more information, please contact:
Vivienne Travlos, PhD (Course Facilitator)
e: vivienne.travlos@gmail.com or vivienne.travlos@mndawa.asn.au
p: 0415 301 635 or 0411 309 249
Amanda Piper, Physiotherapist (Co-Facilitator)
e: amanda.piper@health.nsw.gov.au
Elizabeth Lambrinos, Physiotherapist (Co-Facilitator)
e: elizabeth.lambrinos@health.nsw.gov.au
Thank you to our sponsors who have helped fund this workshop:
