Episode 105: Burn 201: Inhalation Injuries and the SLP Perspective with Lisa Treviso-Jones, MS, CCC-SLP

Lisa Treviso-Jones joins Leigh Ann to discuss the impact of inhalation injury on dysphagia from the perspective of a speech language pathologist. The evaluation of inhalation injuries and the treatment of hypertrophic scars in the acute stages of recovery will be covered.

topics covered:

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  • Intro to inhalation injury and how it results in dysphagia.

  • Evaluation of inhalation injury, both from a medical standpoint and SLP standpoint.

  • Review evidence supporting current treatment techniques for hypertrophic scarring.



ceu with live q & a monday, January 25th at 5 pm pst / 8 pm est

broadcast across all podcast platforms tuesday, January 26th, 2020.

This podcast is accompanied by an audio course offered for ASHA CEU credit by SpeechTherapyPD.com


Resources to dig deeper:

Journal Articles and websites:

  1. Influence of Inhalation Injury on Incidence, Clinical Profile and Recovery Pattern of Dysphagia Following Burn Injury

    N. A. Clayton, E. C. Ward, A. F. Rumbach, R. R. Cross, M. R. Kol, and P. K. Maitz. Dysphagia. 2020 Feb 27 : 1–10. doi: 10.1007/s00455-020-10098-y

  2. Incidence and Predictive Factors for Dysphagia After Thermal Burn Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Anna F. Rumbach, BSc, MSpPathSt, Elizabeth C. Ward, BSpThy (Hons), PhD, Petrea L. Cornwell, BSpPath (Hons), PhD, Lynell V. Bassett, BSpThy, Asad Khan, MSc, MPH (Hons), PhD, Michael J. Muller, MBBS, MMed Sci, FRACS. Journal of Burn Care & Research, Volume 32, Issue 6, November-December 2011, Pages 608–616,

  3. Intensive swallowing and orofacial contracture rehabilitation after severe burn: A pilot study and literature review. Nicola A. Clayton, Elizabeth C. Ward, Peter K. Maitz

  4. The Burn Therapist - ideas for splinting using most materials found within your hospital. 

  5. Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors

  6. Inhalation injury: epidemiology, pathology, treatment strategies

  7. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RECOVERY PATTERN OF DYSPHAGIA AND DYSPHONIA FOLLOWING INHALATION INJURY: A 10 YEAR REVIEW

  8. American Burn Association

Thank you, Lisa for these fantastic links!!


Lisa Treviso-Jones is a Senior Speech language pathologist (SLP) at the University of Colorado Hospital and has been working over 15 years in the acute care and acute rehabilitation settings. She is a primary therapist for the rehabilitation, neonatal and burn units; however also assesses and treats patients throughout the 700 bed acute care hospital. She has co-authored chapter 74: Dysphagia and Aspiration, in the ENT Secrets 4th ed, has guest lectured graduate level students at the University of Colorado, mentored participants attending Susan Langmore’s FEES course and has been given the nickname, “queen of small talk” by her co-workers, due to her ability to constantly assess language function and “chat” with her patients for hours during awake craniotomies/tumor removal.  She is a certified Spanish medical interpreter and loves the opportunity to speak spanish both within the hospital and while traveling. When she is not at work, she can be found with her family river rafting, kayaking or hiking in the summer and snowboarding or snowshoeing in the winter.

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