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ENT & Breathing Assessment: recognise and refer

The patient comes in for their back. They breathe through the mouth, snore and get one sinus infection after another. Did you notice?

Many patients have a breathing or ENT problem they never mention. This course gives you a simple, quick, evidence-based assessment to spot it, know what falls within your scope, and refer to the right colleague at the right time.

Who it is for: osteopaths, physiotherapists, doctors and final-year students. No prior knowledge of respiratory medicine needed.

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Conditions covered

The ones we see most often in practice.

Asthma and exercise-induced asthma
Vocal cord dysfunction
Chronic rhinitis and sinusitis
Sleep apnoea
Hyperventilation syndrome
Long COVID

The signs that should raise the alarm

What to look and listen for from the first consultation.

The red flags

Those that require referral, those that can wait.

When and to whom to refer

ENT specialist, respiratory physician, respiratory physiotherapist, speech therapist, dentist.

What the osteopath adds

Alongside medical care.

What you will be able to do by the end

Build a basic breathing and ENT assessment into every first consultation
Recognise the signs that require medical referral, and the ones we overestimate
Tell dysfunctional breathing apart from respiratory disease
Explain to the patient, in plain words, why they need to see a doctor
Write a referral letter the ENT specialist or respiratory physician will actually read

Video in short modules

10 to 15 minutes each, to follow wherever and whenever you like.

Tools to keep

A one-page printable assessment sheet, a referral letter template.

Sources shown

Every statement with its source and level of evidence.

Quizzes and certificate

A quiz per module, a certificate at the end.