The Missing Link for SLPs Podcasts
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These podcasts are taken from interviews of people within the SLP community and feature insightful life lessons, sage advice, and stories presented to help you improve your SLP career. Check back each week for more!
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 110 The Speechless SLP Series #10: From Fentanyl to Friendship
In this episode, the tenth in the Speechless series with Vanessa Abraham, Laura shares her experiences being on the nightshift with Vanessa as a patient, awake and unable to speak. Laura also talks about how ICU nursing staff works with Speech, PT, and OTs and has some great advice for working as a team with other health professionals.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 109 The Speechless SLP Series #9: Unconditional Love and Unending Support
A pivotal role when a parent with young children suddenly becomes critically ill is who is going to look after the kids. In this episode of the Speechless SLP with Vanessa Abraham, we hear from her mom, Pam, on what it was like to have a daughter needing hospital care, and a young granddaughter needing to be looked after as well.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 108 The Speechless SLP Series #8: The Experience of Treating a Colleague
Whatever setting you work in, having an understanding of the various skills, and approach to care, of allied disciplines is important. In this eighth episode of the Speechless SLP series, Vanessa Abraham and I talk with the two Physical Therapists involved in her ICU care.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 107 The Speechless SLP Series #7: The Perspective of Treating One of Our Own Through Conversations with ICU and OP SLPs
It can be a daunting prospect for any health professional to have to treat a member of their own profession. In this episode, we hear from two SLPs, Danielle Torrez and Sherry Ewing. They talk about how they manage their respective roles in acute care and outpatient settings with Vanessa Abraham.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 106 The Speechless SLP Series #6: The Speechless Husband: How He Lost Control and Got It Back
You’ve all heard the vow, in sickness and in health. As health professionals, we very often meet and interact with a significant other or close family member right alongside our patients or clients, especially if they are speechless.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 105 The Speechless SLP Series #5: The Speechless True Friend: The Gift of Paying It Forward
When you have a medical crisis, it is not just medical professionals and family that may help you pull through – your personal and professional friendships and connections may come to the fore in surprisingly helpful ways (or not)!
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 104 The Speechless SLP Series #4: A Speechless Recovery: What is Post Intensive Care Syndrome?
Post Intensive Care Syndrome, or PICS, may be relatively new as a formal diagnosis, however it is a very real condition patients and/or their family may experience after spending time in ICU.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 103 The Speechless SLP Series #3: The Speechless Doctor: The Art of being a Doctor to a Speechless SLP
Patient-clinician relationships are crucial in any type of care. Vanessa Abraham, SLP, and her ICU doctor, Dr. Jared Rosen, share their thoughts on how important this relationship is.
The Missing Link for SLPs Episode: 102 The Speechless SLP Series #2: Vanessa Abraham: The Ugly Truth About Being Speechless in a Hospital Bed
Terrifying. That’s the main thing Vanessa Abraham remembers from her experiences of being hospitalized. In this second episode with Vanessa, hear how dark her thoughts got, and how she managed to pull through.
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