370 – Improving NG Tube Placement: What Every Med SLP Should Know About the PatCom Introducer
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
If you’ve ever wondered, “Wait… are we as SLPs really allowed to be in the esophagus?” — this episode is for you. Theresa brings on two MedSLP Collective favorites, Christoph Schmitz, CEO of PatCom Medical, Inc, and Laura McWilliams, med SLP + board-certified swallowing specialist + all-around powerhouse. Together, they unpack what might just be […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Swalio Pride podcast. I'm your host, Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders and founder of the MetaSLP Collective and MetaSLP Education. |
| 0:21.6 | This podcast is dedicated to delivering the latest evidence-based practice to medical |
| 0:26.6 | SLPs everywhere, while also recognizing that medical SLPs everywhere are doing the best with what they've got. |
| 0:32.6 | Whether you are a new clinician seeking tangible tools for therapy or a seasoned vet stuck in a rut, my goal is simple |
| 0:39.1 | to help you advance your practice without feeling overwhelmed or underappreciated. This means that together |
| 0:44.6 | we'll build confidence, broaden your knowledge, and reignite your passion for our fields. |
| 0:49.5 | So if you're listening, I encourage you to swallow your pride and be open to new ideas because at the end of the day, |
| 0:55.2 | you and your patients deserve that kind of support. Just a quick disclaimer that all statements |
| 0:59.8 | and opinions expressed in this episode do not reflect on the organizations associated with the |
| 1:04.5 | speakers and are their own opinions solely. With that, let's dive in. Welcome to the Ysual |
| 1:10.2 | Your Pride podcast. |
| 1:11.4 | I am so excited for today's guest. |
| 1:13.4 | This conversation has been a long time coming. |
| 1:15.5 | I know there's a lot of questions that SLPs have about this. |
| 1:18.7 | I have a lot of questions myself, and I'm so excited to dive in. |
| 1:22.2 | So today we have Christoph Schmitz with us and Laura McWilliams, and they are a really interesting dynamic duo. They've both |
| 1:28.8 | been on the podcast previously for various different reasons, but today coming together for a really |
| 1:35.1 | cool reason that we will talk about in just a bit. So Christoph is an experienced med device expert, |
| 1:40.8 | entrepreneur, and inventor. He's driven by the desire to help clinicians provide best patient care. |
| 1:45.6 | He takes pride in creating innovative device solutions in the field of speech language pathology. |
| 1:50.0 | As the CEO of Patcom Medical, his goals include giving more patients access to instrumental |
| 1:54.2 | swallow assessments and raising the customer service experience for SLPs to a new level. |
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