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This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of therapeutic shoes (often referred to as “diabetic shoes”). This course does NOT meet therapeutic shoe fitting certification required by some states. You should contact your state licensure board to determine if your state requires therapeutic shoe fitting certification. There are many different therapeutic shoes on the market today. This course reviews the standard items taught with all therapeutic shoes. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency’s specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

The respiratory system is a group of organs and tissues that help humans breathe. The main parts of the respiratory system are the airways, the lungs and linked blood vessels, and the muscles that enable breathing. This course provides an overview of the human respiratory system.

This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of blood glucose meters (known as “glucometers”). There are many different glucometers on the market today, all with various features. This course reviews the standard items taught with all glucometers. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency's specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This course allows the student to meet accreditation competency requirements for instructing patients on the proper use of nebulizer systems. There are many different nebulizer systems on the market today, all with various features. This course reviews the standard items taught with all nebulizer systems. Before completing this course, you should check your accreditation agency’s specific requirements for competency. No continuing education credit is offered for the completion of this course.

This course is the recorded audio and slides presented by Heather Trumm and Ronda Buhrmester at the Heartland Conference 2019. Topics covered: definitions, reasons why therapeutic support is important, product explanations, and Medicare overview.

In HR019c, you will learn about age-specific competency as it relates to people from newborn to preschool, school-age children, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. You will learn that to provide proper care, the caregiver’s communication, and approach should be appropriate for the person’s age.

In this course, you will learn about basic concepts of cultural diversity including values and worldview. You will also learn how cultural verbal and non-verbal communication differences affect your ability to care for patients.

In HR019b, you will learn how racial and cultural differences may affect health care needs and how care is delivered. You will also learn that religious beliefs are also common sources of conflict and misunderstanding in a health care setting. Religious and spiritual beliefs may also affect a person's needs relating to health care, death, and dying.

Pediatric PAP mask fittings require sensitivity and compassion toward patients, encouragement of family support, and sometimes, imagination. In this course, sleep technicians, pediatric respiratory therapists, clinicians, and all others fitting pediatric patients will learn about diagnoses common in children requiring PAP masks, as well as the fundamentals for creating a comfortable, successful mask fitting.

This course explains the importance of respiratory and head protection. You should complete this course after completing Part 1 and before completing Part 3.

The purpose of this course is to understand the cultural importance of the individual and those directly affected, including family and friends, in dealing with illness and death. As the U.S. becomes more ethnically and racially diverse and culturally complex, there is a need for understanding how to work with individuals who have different values, health beliefs, and perspectives about health and wellness than your own or those you are familiar with.

Continuing Education: VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

This course contains three separate presentations on inhalation aerosol therapy given at the 1998 AARC International Respiratory Congress Symposium. The course is provided courtesy of Philips Respironics' Asthma & Allergy Division.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel virus that causes respiratory disease in persons infected, which can range from mild symptoms such as a common cold to more severe diseases – even death. This course provides health care workers with both individual and workplace practices to help prevent the spread of transmission and ultimately keep patients, team members and the public safe.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects mobility, including risk factors, complications and dangers of immobility, and details how therapeutic activities can lessen mobility problems. 

Do you sell or rent TENS Units to customers in the state of OHIO?

The Ohio Respiratory Care Board regulates the HME law that requires licensure in order to sell or rent home medical equipment which includes TENS units.  One of the requirements to obtain your HME license is to have ten contact hours of continuing education per renewal cycle for staff rendering HME services to the public in the state of Ohio.

VGM Education is an approved source of continuing Education for licensed home medical equipment facilities.  Purchase this 15 course  Chiropractic Bundle  to select from a variety of courses that will meet the ten contact hour requirement.  If you would prefer to subscribe to our entire course catalog of over 300 courses,call 888-786-6628 for special pricing.  

This course provides information regarding the purpose, indications, contradictions and modalities of aerosol therapy.

This is the first in a two-part series of modules which make up a course on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious breathing disorder characterized by periodic cessation or markedly diminished breathing during sleep. Part 1 explains how OSA is identified and diagnosed.

This is the second in a two-part series of modules which make up a course on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious breathing disorder characterized by periodic cessation or markedly diminished breathing during sleep. Part 2 will discuss treatment options, comorbid conditions, and consequences if OSA is untreated.

This course will define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) both as a primary disease state and as a co-morbid condition.

This course will define sleep-disordered breathing and aspects of long-term management of the patient with this illness.

This course will review the elements of asthma and the aspects of properly managing patients with the disease.

This course is designed to assist billers and patient service personnel in understanding Medicare oxygen reimbursement.

This first part provides an overview of OSA, and reviews results of studies linking OSA to heart disease and diabetes.

This course explains what home oxygen therapy is, the types of home oxygen therapy available today, and how the therapy can benefit the patient.