Dysphagia Holiday Foods Popular Items for the Holidays – Make sure they fit into your Dysphagia diet  Turkey Slices – Solid Legs – Solid Fried – Solid Ham Sliced – Solid Chopped – Msoft Ham Salad – Msoft Cranberry sauce With whole or chopped berries – Msoft Without whole berries – Puree Stuffing With nuts […]

Speech Pathologist Medical Reference Sheet   The Evaluation Begins Here! Medical Chart   Current Graphics/Vitals B/P – Optimal: Systolic 120, Diastolic 80 Normal 130 85 High Norm 130-139 85-89 HTN Stage 1 140-159 90-99 Stage 2 160-179 100-109 Stage 3 +180 +110 Respirations Normal rate is 14 inspirations per min. Breath Sounds: Rhonchi – course, […]

The following are lists of major drug categories used in the geriatric population. This information is important to know when evaluating a patient with dysphagia. Certain medications may compromise the patient’s ability to protect their airway. All information was taken from a PDR Objective: To do no harm and to do what is in the […]

Speech Pathology and Dysphagia Speech Pathology – This is a dynamic and expanding profession with constantly developing technological and clinical advances. Speech Pathologists must have acquired the knowledge, skills, education, and experience necessary to perform evaluation and management of swallowing disorders. A Speech Pathologist must hold a Masters degree in their field; pass a standardized […]