Sam Garrett-Petts

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

SLPs help patients with trachs to communicate when they can’t speak, to speak for the first time with one-way valves on their trach tubes, and to eat and drink again for the first time with swallowing assessments and therapies
@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

Air moves in and out from the neck. Without regular airflow through the mouth and nose you can’t: smell, taste, blow your nose, swallow normally, or create internal pressure when bearing down (try lifting something heavy or having a 💩 without it!)
@speechhearbc #IamSHBC

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

A tracheostomy is a hole a surgeon makes in the front of the neck into the trachea or wind pipe to allow someone to breath more easily or safely for a variety of medical reasons when the regular route or mechanism for breathing is impaired
@speechhearbc #IamSHBC

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

Individuals with tracheostomy tubes or trachs are another patient population that SLPs work closely with in acute care and community settings
@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

Its a gift to be able to bring any small joy or normalcy to someone during this time, to honour their wishes and support their choices that reflect the life they’ve lived. To quote SLP Paula Sullivan “sometimes it’s about giving life to the years not years to the life”
#IAmSHBC

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

it is a privilege to help an individual and their family navigate this challenging time and face these end of life decisions.

@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

Whether an individual is reaching the end of a long time chronic illness, a neurodegenerative condition, has been dealing with dementia for years, or they’ve lived a wonderful life into their 90s until this recent hip fracture or bout of pneumonia that they don’t bounce back from

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

Working with palliative patients and end of life care is a significant component of my position in an acute care setting.

@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP #acutecareslp

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/lJc55CT0UQ

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

Articulation practice that is functional is my favourite. Art, crafts, & games are great natural ways to get lots of repetitions into a session. “Cut” each time we used the scissors = >50 reps! ✂️👍🏻

@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

This type of assessment gives us real time info about anatomy, secretion mgmt, airway protection, swallow fox, and vocal pathologies to name a few plus provides biofeedback for patients!
@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP #endoscopist

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

We use a video scope to get an inside look of the voice and swallow in action. The scope is passed through one side of the nose and rests just behind the uvula to get a bird’s eye view of the anatomy of the throat (same route as a COVID swab but much less painful) @speechhearbc

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

FEEVS or flexible endoscopic evaluation of voice and swallowing is one of the instrumental assessments SLPs can become trained in to help in Ax. And Tx. of a wide variety of voice and swallowing disorders

@speechhearbc #IamSHBC #SLP

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

Learning how to continue to provide assessments, interventions, and care for those patients impacted by COVID-19 has been a massive learning curve over the last 2 years.

#IamSHBC @speechhearbc #slp #acutecare #medslp

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

Literacy based articulation and language therapy is one of my favourite ways to target multiple goals with kids of all ages. Nothing better than finding a new fantastic book!
#IamSHBC @speechhearbc #slp

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

May is Speech and Hearing Month

This month I am going to highlight some of my favourite parts of working as a SLP here in Kamloops. Working with people from ages 1 to 100 is one of the many great things I love about this work 👶🏼👴🏻

#IamSHBC #speechtherapy #slp @speechhearbc

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

@bcaslpa Malleus, incus, and stapes or the hammer, anvil, and stirrup! 🔨⛏����#bcaslpa2017

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

The faces of BCASLPA #bcaslpa2017 #SLP #slpeeps

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

@bcaslpa Ta da!!! #bcaslpa2017

[Sam Garrett-Petts @Samgp4]

This year we focused on education about: swallowing, respiration, intubation, and SLP scope! #maymonth #mayspeak @SAC_OAC @bcaslpa