Show Notes
In this week’s episode, we talk about communication access when someone is critically unwell. We are joined by speech pathologist Associate Professor Amy Freeman-Sanderson who is a project lead on priority setting for communication and swallowing difficulty in critical illness, and Adam Smith who is a patient and carer representative on this steering group. Adam speaks about his lived experience and how this has informed the research, Amy and Adam speak about their goal to understand the top 10 research questions relating to communication and swallowing support needs for people who are critically unwell.
Resources: Survey about top 10 research questions for communication and swallowing support when someone is critically unwell https://utsau.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rH3cgH49gPLAsC
Communication and Swallowing Difficulty in Critical Illness priority setting partnership protocol- James Lind Alliance https://www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/documents/communication-and-swallowing-difficulty-critical-illness-psp-protocol
PCCO: Patient Communication Care Optimisation https://www.pcco.au/
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