WORKSHOP ON CARDIOPULMONARY INSTRUMENTATION FOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
In accordance with SDG goal #3 Good health and well being and SDG #4 Quality Education,Department of Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy,Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Physiotherapy organised two days workshop on 23/1/25 and 24/1/25 with the objective of enhancing competency in cardiopulmonary instrumentation through hands-ontraining in breath and heart metric assessment, exercise testing, functional capacity
evaluation, and ICU monitoring.The workshop was inaugurated by Dr Dhansekar,Professor ,Department of Respiratory medicine, SRIHER. The sessions included a combination of didactic lectures and extensive hands-on training. The didactic lectures were concentrated on Monitoring in ICU, Exercise testing and prescription for cardiopulmonary dysfunction, body composition analysis, metabolic assessment tools and functional capacity evaluations. Dr.P.G. Magesh Kumar, HOD, Department of Geriatrics Physiotherapy from Meenakshi college of Physiotherapy was the Guest speaker .The internal speakers were Dr.T. Senthil kumar, Head of the Department of Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy, Mrs. Sridevi S, Associate Professor Mrs.R. Yogeshwari, Assistant Professor ,Mr. Ajith Kumar P, Ms. Swetha and Ms. Sweathanathan, Lecturers in Physiotherapy .Participants gained confidence in performing functional and exercise capacity assessments, diabetic evaluation and applying evidence-based exercise prescription. The training reinforced the clinical relevance of early risk identification for frailty, falls, and cardiopulmonary dysfunction, thereby contributing to improved patient assessment and rehabilitation outcomes.
