Health Professional Webinar Recordings

• Understand prevalence, pathogenesis and impact of occupational asthma
• Classification of work-related asthma
• Diagnosis
• Management
• Prognosis

Length: 45min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 19/06/24 Presenter: Dr Andrew Webster, Sleep and Respiratory Physician

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• Discussing breathing control techniques
• Understanding and identifying positions of ease
• Explaining pacing

Length: 57min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 10/05/2024 Presenter: Angela Jeffery, Physiotherapist at Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

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• Discussing device technique with your patients and customers
• Choosing the right inhaler device
• Explaining correct asthma inhaler device technique
• Identify common errors with each inhaler device
• Spacer use and care

Length: 60min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 27/02/2024 Presenter: Jessica Ball – Respiratory Nurse Educator (RN), Respiratory Care WA

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• Understand why spirometry is performed
• Define key terms
• Understand how to calibrate
• Understand how to perform spirometry
• Troubleshoot equipment and test results

Length: 105min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 26/09/24 Presenter: Aoife Lowe, Respiratory Scientist at Respiratory Care WA

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• Understanding the Role of the Primary Health Nurse in managing patients with COPD.
• Latest updates for managing COPD from the Australian COPDx and European GOLD guidelines.
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for patients with COPD.

Length: 60min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 12/12/2023 Presenter: Kate Hipwell – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Respiratory Care WA

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• Identify normal spirometry
• Compare and contrast normal spirometry with obstructive, restrictive and missed obstructive-restrictive patterns
• Interpret spirometry measurements
• Assess bronchodilator response

Length: 49 mins Uploaded: 4/11/24 Presenter: Aoife Lowe, Respiratory Scientist BSc (honors), Respiratory Care WA

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• Identify the steps involved in the diagnosis of Paediatric asthma
• Describe the management of asthma across different ages in children
• Summarise the important information to be included in a written action plan
• Summarise the Asthma review process and when to refer to a Specialist

Length: 44 mins Uploaded: 18/11/24 Presenter: Kate Hipwell, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Respiratory Care WA

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• Prevalence
• Physiology
• Assessment
• Treatments: SP, Medical and ENT interventions
• Case Study

Length: 40min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 3/11/2023 Presenter: Kate Baumwol, Senior Speech Pathologist, Perth ENT Clinic and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

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• The relationship between asthma and allergies
• Helpful and not helpful family history traits in diagnosing respiratory conditions
• Managing symptoms
• When to refer to an Immunologist

Length: 1hr (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 16/10/2023 Presenter: Jacqueline Rapaic, Respiratory Health Educator, Respiratory Care WA

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• Case
• DDx of cough/wheeze in <4 year age group
• Community asthma and evolving definitions
• Treatment

Length: 45 mins (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 16/10/24 Presenter: Dr Stephen Oo, Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Respiratory Care WA’s Children’s Respiratory Hub.

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• Understand the difference between poorly controlled and well controlled asthma
• Identify the goals and steps associated with effective asthma management and pregnancy
• To understand maternal and perinatal risks associated with asthma during pregnancy
• Device technique
• Models of care – GP led, Midwifery led, Specialist led
• Self management

Length: 43min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 4/10/24 Presenter: Kate Hipwell, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Respiratory Care WA

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• Define Asthma and Allergy
• Describe the relationship between Asthma and Allergy
• Dispelling Myths: Allergy and Asthma
• Assessment and Diagnosis: Allergy and Asthma
• Management and Treatments

Length: 51min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 25/07/24 Presenter: Jacqui Rapaic, Respiratory Nurse Educator, Respiratory Care WA

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• Identify normal spirometry
• Compare and contrast normal spirometry with obstructive, restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive patterns
• Assess bronchodilator response

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• What are vapes / e-cigarettes?
• What is in an e-liquid/vape?
• Health impacts
• Recent research findings
• Vaping and asthma
• E-cigarette regulations

Length: 47 mins Uploaded: 28/11/24 Presenter: Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Respiratory Environmental Health team The Kids Research Institute Australia

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• Diagnosing paediatric asthma
• Impact on families and the community
• Managing childhood asthma in the community
• When to refer to a Specialist

Length: 60min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 21/12/2023 Presenter: Kate Hipwell – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Respiratory Care WA

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The recent changes to the PBS regarding commonly prescribed Flixotide Jnr it has led to more confusion around how to treat childhood asthma. Dr Oo will provide answers to the common questions we are being asked.

• Can you diagnose asthma under 4 years
• What to do instead of Flixotide Junior

Length: 1hr (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 19/06/2023 Presenter: Dr Stephen Oo

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Exploring the connection between asthma control, inhaler use, and environmental impact, and what both health professionals and people living with asthma can do to reduce it.

Length: 31:36 mins (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 11/05/2026 Presenter: Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist Dr Stephen Oo

• Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of COPD
• Optimising Medical Management
• COPD Action Plans
• Holistic Care
• Palliative Care and Planning For End of Life
• Refractory COPD: Recognition and Management

Length: 45min (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 22/08/24 Presenter: Dr Claudine Cerda-Pavia, East Metropolitan Health Service

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• Understand why spirometry is performed
• Define key terms
• Understand how to calibrate
• Understand how to perform spirometry
• Troubleshoot equipment and test results

Length: 1hr (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 05/05/2023 Presenter: Max Jenkins-Cooney Senior Respiratory Technologist, Respiratory Care WA

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• Asthma and COPD
• Understanding symptoms
• Treatable traits
• Guideline based treatment
• Self management / education
• Referring to specialist

Length: 43 mins Uploaded: 16/12/24 Presenter: Brooke Kyle, Asthma and Airways Clinical Nurse Consultant, Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

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• Why is airway clearance important?
• Who would benefit from airway clearance techniques?
• Principles of airway clearance
• Overview of airway clearance techniques and devices
• Other factors and strategies to enhance airway clearance
• Contraindications
• Referrals

Length: 1hr (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 02/03/2023 Presenter: Bianca Thyer, Respiratory health educator

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Physiotherapist, Respiratory Care WA

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• Discussing device technique with your patients or customers
• Choosing the right inhaler device
• Explaining correct asthma inhaler device technique
• Identify common errors with each inhaler device
• Spacer use and care

Length: 1hr (recorded webinar) Uploaded: 17/03/2023 Presenter: Shelley Harwood – Respiratory Heath Educator, Respiratory Care WA

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