Cardiac Babies & Feeding Challenges- Perspectives From the Trenches

In this episode, Julian Smith co-hosts the conversation with 3 speech and language pathologists who specialize in working with cardiac babies. The guests are Kimberly Morris SLP Rady Children's, Hallie Clason SLP Texas Children's, and Jeanan Sfeir SLP Dell Children's. Topics discussed include standardized protocols for SLP involvement with cardiac children, chart and bedside assessments, FEES vs MBS. How they approach feeding and swallowing advancement in fragile cardiac patients, as well as how they frame their thought process around children with vagal nerve damage.