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We offer educational webinars along with a range of resources to assist health professionals who are supporting respiratory patients – visit this page for more information on our services. Watch recordings of our past webinars below and subscribe to be kept informed of upcoming sessions.
Should you have any feedback or recommendations for resources, please contact us on (08) 9289 3600 or email ask@asthmawa.org.au
The Respiratory Care WA respiratory health team, with contributions by specialist guest presenters, regularly host webinars and education sessions for health professionals, on updates and topics relevant to supporting patients with asthma, COPD and other respiratory health conditions. Live sessions are recorded and later posted on this page for future reference.
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Occupational Asthma
- 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
Managing Breathlessness
- 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
Device Technique
- 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
Childhood Asthma
- 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
Managing COPD
- 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
Chronic Refractory Cough
- 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
Asthma and Allergies
- 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
Childhood Asthma Hot Topics
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
Spirometry Interpretation
- Identify normal spirometry
- Compare and contrast normal spirometry with obstructive, restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive patterns
- Assess bronchodilator response
Length: 1hr (recorded webinar)
Uploaded: 31/05/2023
Presenter: Max Jenkins-Cooney Senior Respiratory Technologist, Respiratory Care WA
Introduction to Spirometry
- 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
Asthma Medications – Device Technique Explained
- 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
Airway Clearance
- 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 & Physiotherapist, Respiratory Care WA
We have compiled a range of resources and educational opportunities to help you support your respiratory patients.
These include current best-practice resources from experts in Australia and around the world, along with recordings of our past webinars for health professionals, and the opportunity to register for future sessions.
Please note that we do not control or manage content on external websites, so please contact the specific service if you have questions about their content or advice.
- Device technique videos, National Asthma Council (external link)
- Managing asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Asthma Council (external link)
- Asthma (short wind) in children (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people), Child and Adolescent Health Service, Telethon Kids Institute (PDF)
- European Respiratory Society (external link)
- British Thoracic Society (external link)
COPD Home Action Plan – adults (editable PDF)
- Open the document
- Complete the highlighted fields
- Print IN COLOUR
- Sign the document
- Give to your patient and review the Home Action Plan with them
These COPD resources were developed in collaboration with and support from the WA Country Health Service.
Other helpful resources
Fact Sheets
- Respiratory Care WA Covid-19 Hub
- I have asthma (PDF)
- I have COPD (PDF)
- I have a child with asthma (PDF)
Information updates
- WA Department of Health (external link)
- National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce (external link)
COVID-19 Action Plan
- COVID-19 Action Plan, Australian Department of Health (external link)
WA Department of Health ‘Goals of Care in COVID-19 Environment’ (external link)
- Conversation and communication tips
- Clinical assessment tools
- Advance Care Planning resources
- COVID -19 End of Life and Palliative Care resources
Other tools for guiding care
- Supportive and Palliative Care Indicator Tool (SPICT) (external link)
- Moral Balance, BJA Education (external link)
- COVID-19 and using CPAP treatment for sleep apnea, Sleep Health Foundation (external link)
- Australasian Sleep Association updated guidelines on minimising infection risk for COVID-19, Sleep Health Foundation (external link)
- National recommendations on PPE, National Health and Medical Research Council (external link)
- National guidance on PPE for health care workers, Australian Department of Health (external link)