346 – Risky Business: Navigating the Risk of Aspiration & Its Impacts Using the BOLUS Framework

<p>What if you could take all of the evidence on aspiration, pneumonia, and dysphagia that has been amassed since the 1990s…</p> <p>…and package it into a clinical framework for SLPs to make informed decisions about aspiration risk?</p> <p>*BOLUS framework has entered the chat*</p> <p>Aaron Padilla MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S and Phyllis Palmer, PhD, CCC-SLP join me on the Swallow Your Pride Podcast to introduce and explain the development of the BOLUS framework - a tool that considers:</p> <p>Bolus characteristics <br /> Oral health <br /> Lifestyle factors <br /> Unintended disease <br /> System status</p> <p>We dig into how this framework can guide your clinical decisions AND help you have more meaningful conversations with your patients and healthcare team about risk management.</p> <p>Ready to enhance your clinical decision-making process? Tune into Episode 346 and let me know what you think!</p> <p>Go and dowload the references and handout here: https://syppodcast.com/346</p> <p>TIMESTAMPS:</p> <p>Discussion of the Bolus Framework (00:03:13)<br /> Physiological Actions Against Aspiration (00:04:56)<br /> Chronic Aspiration and Inflammation Cycle (00:07:59)<br /> Conceptualizing Risk for Aspiration Patients (00:09:34)<br /> Oral Health and Aspiration Risks (00:11:29)<br /> Iatrogenic Disease and Aspiration (00:13:47)<br /> Evidence Review of the Bolus Framework (00:15:40)<br /> Clinical Application of the Bolus Framework (00:19:08)<br /> Implementation Science in Clinical Practice (00:23:07)<br /> Patient-Centered Decision Making (00:24:16)<br /> Research and Future Directions (00:25:27)<br /> Interprofessional Collaboration (00:27:12)<br /> Bolus Framework in Clinical Practice (00:29:25)<br /> Health Literacy and Communication (00:32:20)<br /> Empowering Families in Decision Making (00:33:03)<br /> Critical Evaluation of Thickened Liquids (00:34:25)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://swallowyourpridepodcast.com/346-risky-business-navigating-the-risk-of-aspiration-its-impacts-using-the-bolus-framework/">346 – Risky Business: Navigating the Risk of Aspiration & Its Impacts Using the BOLUS Framework</a> appeared first on <a href="https://swallowyourpridepodcast.com">Swallow Your Pride Podcast</a>.</p>