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Swallow Your Pride Podcast

160 – The SLP Role in the Emergency Department – Kelsey Day, MS, CCC-SLP & Catherine Wu, MA, CCC-SLP

Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Health & Fitness, Careers, Education, Business, Medicine

4.8899 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Kelsey Day and Catherine Wu of California Hospital Medical Center, a trauma and stroke center in downtown Los Angeles, are on the podcast to discuss the role of the SLP in the emergency room. We explore our role in the stroke population, cognitive-communication assessments, unique challenges and tips along the way. Get the show notes at https://syppodcast.com/160 This episode is sponsored by Utterly Financial. Utterly crafts simple, actionable financial plans for SLPs like you! SYP listeners can sign up for a free 30 min consultation here: https://utterlyfinancial.com/syp/

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode 160 of the Swallier Pride Podcast and today we have two guests.

0:06.2

We have the wonderful Kelsey Day.

0:08.8

She is an acute care SLP who specializes in dysphagia management for the medically

0:13.0

complex, critically ill, and tracheostomy dependent populations.

0:16.0

She received her master of science from Northwestern University and

0:19.8

now serves as the lead SLP at California Hospital Medical Center,

0:23.5

a trauma and stroke center in downtown LA

0:26.2

where she supervises a team of nine SLPs.

0:29.0

Kelsey is a mentor for the Medical SLP

0:30.8

collective, guest lecturer at Cal State University Fullerton and presenter of multiple continuing education courses.

0:36.6

She is an invited speaker on several podcasts including Swallier Pride and Speech Uncensored and dedicates her career to the education of new clinicians.

0:45.5

Kelsey is joined by Catherine Wu, who is an acute care SLPs, while specializing in management

0:50.9

of dysphagia and medically complex populations.

0:54.2

Kat received her master of arts from George Washington University and now practices at

0:58.1

California Hospital Medical Center, a trauma and stroke center in downtown LA,

1:02.3

where she participates in daily intensive care

1:04.8

unit multidisciplinary rounds and provides

1:07.2

monthly training to register nurses

1:08.8

on the SLP role in acute care.

1:11.0

Catherine was recently invited as a guest speaker on a COVID-19 panel for

1:15.5

graduate students at Cal State, LA. Welcome to the Swallier Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board

1:28.4

certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, a mobile-fuse

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