About the Speaker
Morgan Keller Johanson
Morgan Johanson, PT, MSPT is an ABPTS Board Certified Cardiovascular and Pulmonary (CVP) Clinical Specialist with 22 years of experience practicing Physical Therapy (PT) in the CVP patient population. She is an APTA-certified Advanced Clinical Instructor. She is ACLS certified. Morgan is the President of Good Heart Education, a continuing education company providing live and online seminars in CVP PT and mentoring for the ABPTS CVP Specialty (CCS) Examination. She has worked as a Level 3 Acute Care PT at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) and as the Coordinator for the Inpatient and Outpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS). In addition, she was a Co-Director, mentor, and faculty member for the VAAAHS CVP PT Residency Program. She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan, a part-time faculty at the University of Toledo, an adjunct faculty at South College in Knoxville and Atlanta, and is currently a full-time faculty at St. Catherine University. In 2004, she received the Service Star for excellence in patient care from CPMC. In 2022, she received the Merit Award from the Academy of CVP PT. She is a contributing author to the 4th and 5th Edition of the Essentials of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy by Ellen Hillegass. She was the lead investigator for the Entry-Level Competencies in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy. She is the Vice President of the Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy. She is a member of the APTA, the Academy of CVP PT, APTA Acute Care, Minnesota Chapter, and the AACVPR.
Speaker Sessions
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The Shocking Truth About Physical Therapy for People With Cardiac Ablations, Cardioversions, Pacemakers, and Defibrillators
Proper cardiac conduction is essential to patients functioning at optimal levels. When conduction is incorrect or arrhythmias exist, cardioversion, cardiac ablation, or implantation of a cardiac pacemaker and/or defibrillator may be necessary to provide stable electrical activity for the patient’s heart. As physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, it is important to understand the cardiac procedures, as well as the required rehab afterwards. In this session, presenters will review patient presentations necessitating electrical procedures, what the procedures entail, and the rehab afterwards, including any postsurgical precautions.
