Session Videos
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Over 100 presenters and over 200 sessions were recorded at AARC Congress 2012. They’re all right here in case you missed a session, couldn’t make it to New Orleans, or just want to refresh your memory.
| Session | Presenter |
|---|---|
| The RT as Case Manager in the Home Setting: Connecting the Dots | Kim Wiles |
| Noninvasive Monitoring of the Child in Respiratory Distress | Cynthia White |
| The China Experience | Cynthia White |
| A Clinician's Guide to Individualizing the Ventilator Prescription | David Wheeler |
| The Human Lung Lab | David Wheeler |
| Permissive Hypercapnia: How High Is Too High? | Brian Walsh |
| Getting Active in Advocacy and Research | John Walsh |
| Alternative Aerosol Therapy | Brian Walsh |
| Alternative NIV Modes: Ready for Primetime or Not? | Brian Walsh |
| Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going? | Brian Walsh |
| Therapist as Consultant | Teresa Volsko |
| Year in Review: Cystic Fibrosis | Teresa Volsko |
| The Scientific Basis for Airway Clearance Techniques | Teresa Volsko |
| Did You Achieve Your Goal? Outcomes Assessment | Sarah Varekojis |
| Planning Your Trip to the Moon: Pursuing Unique Opportunities | Lisa Trujillo |
| Research with a Global Reach: PFT Research in Obscure Environments | Lisa Trujillo |
| Sleep Apnea in the Preoperative Setting; How to Develop an Effective Detection and Management Program | Sheri Tooley |
| Competency Assessment for Sleep Personnel | Sheri Tooley |
| The Program Credential (AASM, ACHC, TJC): Similarities and Differences | Sheri Tooley |
| Seize the Opportunity: Teachable Moments for the COPD Patient During Hospitalization | Byron Thomashow |
| Developing Relationships with Physicians - The RT Perspective | Jan Thalman |
| Succession Planning: Preparing Your Staff to Replace You | Jan Thalman |
| Alternative Airway Challenge Methods: Isocapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation and Cold Air | Ralph Stumbo Jr |
| Shared Governance, a Multidisciplinary Approach | Regenia Stull |
| How to "Manage Up" | Regenia Stull |
| The Role of Ethical Decision-Making in Multifaceted Emergenices | Shawna Strickland |
| Delivering the Goods: Teaching Techniques | Shawna Strickland |
| Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Inherited But No Less Serious | James Stoller |
| The Scientific Basis for Protocol-Directed Respiratory Care | James Stoller |
| So, What Have We Learned So Far? | Greg Spratt Spratt |
| Surfing the Wave of the Silver Tsunami | Helen Sorenson |
| Palliative Care and Dyspnea: Management of the End-Stage COPD Patient | Helen Sorenson |
| Evidence-Based Medicine: Applying Evidence to Your Practice | Roger Soll |
| Reducing Chronic Lung Disease: Impact of Collaborative Quality Improvement | Roger Soll |
| No Sleeping in the Break Room…Managing Fatigue in the Workplace | Karla Smith |
| Wake Up Before you Kill Someone! | Karla Smith |
| Sepsis and the Role of the RT | Lesley Smith |
| Competency-based Standards for Respiratory Care Education | Thomas Smalling |
| Accreditation and Credentialing Pathways for Sleep Specialists | Thomas Smalling |
| Competency-Based Standards for Sleep Disorders Specialist Education | Thomas Smalling |
| Critical Issues in the Transport of Critically Ill Patients | Steven Sittig |
| Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment | Mark Siobal |
| Methods of Incorporating Critical Thinking in Your Curriculum | David Shelledy |
| Research Is Not a Bad Word: Infustion of Research as a Standard in RT Training | Georgianna Sergakis |
| Health Literacy | Georgianna Sergakis |
| Wrap Up - An Overview of Palliative Care | Paul Selecky |
| Sleep Disorders in Women | Paul Selecky |
| Chronic Sleep Deprivation: All in the Family | Paul Selecky |
| Safety in the Sleep Lab | Crintz Scott |
| Working Nights: Same Shift, Different Day | Crintz Scott |
| Challenges in Medical Transport: Capnography | Wade Scoles |
| Challenges in Medical Transport: Ventilation | Wade Scoles |
| Portable Sleep Studies | Jessica Schweller |
| Sleep Apnea in the Bariatric Population | Jessica Schweller |
| The Necessary Skills for Your Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program | June Schulz |
| Exercising the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension | June Schulz |
| The Brazil Experience | Edward Schneider |
| Nutritional Support of the Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patient | Ulrich Schmidt |
| Networking for Career Success | Colleen Schabacker |
| iNO and Premature Infants: A Critical Appraisal | John Salyer |
| Creating the Business Plan | Frank Salvatore |
| Airway Resistance Measurments Using Body Plethysmography - Gold Standard or Old Standard | Gregg Ruppel |
| Respiratory Therapists and Mass Casualty Care: Getting Involved | Lewis Rubinson |
| Critical Care in Disaster Response | Lewis Rubinson |
| Current State of Severe Asthma | Bruce Rubin |
| Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Asthma: Friend or Fallacy | Bruce Rubin |
| Oxygenation: A Moving Target per Diagnosis | Lois Rowland |
| Deployment as Part of an NDMS DMAT | Alan Roth |
| Respiratory Care Practitioners Working in Developing Countries | Alan Roth |
| Becoming a Professional in Respiratory Care | Toni Rodriguez |
| Year in Review: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Stephen Rennard |
| Coaching for Improved Work Performance | Scott Reistad |
| Growing Your Leadership Skills | Scott Reistad |
| Leading Without a Title | Scott Reistad |
| Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Patient | Jenni Raake |
| Off-label Use of iNO: Clinical and Financial Implications | Jenni Raake |
| Staying Connected - The Challenge of Communication | Jan Phillips-Clar |
| Allocating Resources through Creative Scheduling | Jan Phillips-Clar |
| A Unique Inside Look into the Life of a CF Patient: From the Patient and RRT Perspective | Jeremy Parks |
| Should Cooling and CO2 Removal Be Included in the Treatment of Severe ARDS | Peter Papadakos |
| Ventilator-Induced Surfactant Dysfunction | Peter Papadakos |
| Chronic Critical Illness Syndrome and the Long-Term Acute Care RT | Ralph Orange |
| Circulatory Support: Not Just for Adults Anymore! | George Ofori-Amanfo |
| Does Your Ventilatory Strategy Affect the Heart? | George Ofori-Amanfo |
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Long-Term Health Consequences, Drowsiness Aside | James O'Brien |
| Sleep and Critical Care | James O'Brien |
| Breath Hydrogen Testing - Is This a Diagnostic Test Our Lab Should Offer? | Matthew O'Brien |
| Assessing the Cause of Dyspnea in the Teenager: There's a Test for That | Matthew O'Brien |
| Understanding the Basics of Impulse Oscillometry (IOS) | Matthew O'Brien |
| Physiologic Benefits of Inhaled Carbon Monoxide | Paul Nuccio |
| Closed-loop LTOT: A New Era or a Passing Fad? | Stefano Nava |
| 38th Donald F Egan Scientific Memorial Lecture - Behind a Mask: Tricks, Pitfalls and Prejudices for Noninvasive Ventilation - "You Are Wearing a Mask and You Look Better that Way" Iggy Pop (the Mask) | Stefano Nava |
| Keynote Address | John Nance |
| Lessons Learned from Normal Breathing at Rest and During Exercise | Bhiken Naik |
| What Happened to the "Sigh" in Mechanical Ventilation? | Bhiken Naik |
| Year in Review: Asthma | Timothy Myers |
| The Scientific Basis for the Selection of an Aerosol Delivery Device | Timothy Myers |
| 28th Phil Kittredge Memorial Lecture - Thinking Outside the Box: Moving the Profession Beyond the Hospital Walls | Timothy Myers |
| How to Evaluate Students in the Classroom - an Accreditor's Perspective | Pat Munzer |
| Airway Graphics | Rory Mulling |
| Alternatives to Inhaled Nitric Oxide | Rory Mullin |
| Could This be Vocal Cord Dysfunction? | Carl Mottram |
| Is Your Department Ready? Challenges in the Face of Mass Casualty Ventialtor Deployment | Kathy Moss |
| Mannitol Challenge Testing: What's New and Lessons Learned | Ellen Moran |
| Ultrasound for the Respiratory Care Practitioner | Andrew Miller |
| Venous Blood Gases: Friend or Foe? | Andrew Miller |
| Using "Rule of Two"TM for Assessing Athma Control | Mark Millard |
| Six-Minute Walk vs. Control Work Rate: Measuring COPD Outcomes | Mark Millard |
| Ensuring Effective Operations | Camden McLaughlin |
| Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Arterial hypertension (PAH) | Avery McKee |
| Oxygen Conseving Delivery Devices: What Have We Learned? | Robert McCoy |
| Finding a Way in Spite of the Obstacles | Robert McCoy |
| Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Expanded Role for Respriatory Therapists | Andrew Mazzoli |
| Is Overlapping Asthma and COPD an Orphan Disease? | David Mannino |
| Improving Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events in Adults | Shelley Magill |
| What Have We Learned From Our Patients? | Nicholas Macmillan |
| Do Full Feature Ventilators Add Value? | Neil MacIntyre, Dean R Hess |
| ECMO: Not Just for Kids Anymore! | Neil MacIntyre |
| Oxygen: Summary of the Respiratory Care Journal Conference | Neil MacIntyre |
| Developing Relationships with Respiratory Therapists - The Medical Director Perspective | Neil MacIntyre |
| Gas Exchange Targets During Mechanical Ventilation | Neil MacIntyre |
| Pediatric Acute Lung Injury | Peter Luckett |
| Indications for Noninvasive Ventilation | Peter Luckett |
| Keeping Your PR Program Vital - Building Your Business | Trina Limberg |
| Pulmonary Rehab: What You Should Know About Caring for the Aged Patient | Trina Limberg |
| Resources to Assist Students in Preparing for Credentialing Success | Bradley Leidich |
| Sleep Medicine: A Physician's Perspective | Neale Lange |
| Reporting of Adverse Events: Priority One! | Thomas Lamphere |
| New Roles for RTs: Improving Quality and the Bottom Line | Thomas Lamphere |
| Mass Casualty Burn Care | Keith Lamb |
| Sustaining the Role of the RT in Sub-Acute Care | Joseph Kretz |
| Structuring a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program | Debra Koehl |
| Exercising the Patient with Pulmonary Fibrosis | Debra Koehl |
| Exercising the Patient with COPD | Debra Koehl |
| When Things Go Wrong: What Would You Do? | Angela King |
| Educating the COPD Patient at Home: What Works, What Doesn't and Why | Louis Kaufman |
| Keeping It Simple: Challenges in Teaching Newer LTOT Technology to Patients | Louis Kaufman |
| Proving the Value of RT Services: What Does the Evidence Say? | Garry Kauffman |
| Promoting Your Services From the Front Line: What to Say and Who to Tell! | Garry Kauffman |
| Routine Respiratory Care: Should It Be Done by the Respiratory Therapist? | Garry Kauffman, Timothy R Myers |
| Resistance Occlusion (ROCC): How Does this Method Compare to Other Techniques? | David Kaminsky |
| What Tidal Volume Should Be Used? | Richard Kallet |
| Year in Review: Invasive Mechanical Ventilation | Ricahrd Kallet |
| Adult Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Care: Summary of the Respiratory Care journal Conference | Richard Kallet |
| Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators: Adult Applications | Robert Kacmarek |
| What's New with Heliox? | Robert Kacmarek |
| Are New Ventilator Modes Lung Protective? | Robert Kacmarek |
| Neonatal Oxygenation: Hitting the Sweet Spot | Nancy Johnson |
| Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies | Nancy Johnson |
| Pulmonary Hypertension in the Neonatal Patient | Nancy Johnson |
| Standing on the Precipice: What Do You Need to Know? | Gary Jeromin |
| Explosion/Blast Injuries: Mechanisms & Treatment | Joe Hylton |
| Are Neuromuscular Blockers Helpful in ARDS? | William Hurford |
| The Berlin Definitation of ARDS | William Hurford |
| Understanding Reimbursement Issues in Pulmonary Rehabilitation | Anne Marie Hummel |
| Zip Line Leadership: Health Care Delivery Transformations | Stan Holland |
| Fireproof Leadership through Stewardship and Accountability | Stan Holland |
| Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Needed Now More Than Ever! | Cheryl Hoerr |
| Creating a Culture of Accountability | Cheryl Hoerr |
| Cost Containment in the Changing Healthcare Environment - Are You Focused on the Right Things? | Cheryl Hoerr |
| Esophogeal Pressure Monitoring | Carl Hinkson |
| Early Mobility in the ICU | Carl Hinkson |
| Roundtable: Questions for the Editors | Dean Hess, Ricahrd D Branson |
| The Current State of the Journal | Dean Hess |
| The Best 5 Case Reports Published in Respiratory Care in 2012 | Dean Hess |
| Year in Review: Noninvasive Ventilation | Dean Hess |
| Science and Evidence: Seperating Fact from Fiction | Dean Hess |
| Be Seen, Not Overlooked: 10 Value-Added Ideas to Show Your Worth | Suzan Herzig |
| After "Fat Tuesday" | Suzan Herzig |
| Preparing and Training Respiratory Therapist for the Skills Required in Outpatient Management | Mary Hart |
| Current Practices in Severe Exercise-Induced Hypoxemia and Devices Used for Management | Mary Hart |
| Addressing End-of-Life Care in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program | Mary Hart |
| Overview of Clinical Simulation | Roberta Hales |
| Performing a Needs Assessment for Your Institution | Roberta Hales |
| Selling the Sizzle: How to Communicate the Value of Untraditional Roles to the C-Suite | Mary Lou Guy |
| It's Never Really Over: Continuing Your Education | Lynda Goodfellow |
| Airway Mechanics | Michael Gentile |
| Assessment Exercise, Safety and Adjuncts to Care | Chris Garvey |
| Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Pathophysiology and Treatment | Chris Garvey |
| The Role of the "Middle Space" in Reducing 30-day Readmissions | Gene Gantt |
| Getting Credentialed (Part I): An Overview of Professional Credentials | Bill Galvin |
| Getting Credentialed (Part II): Success on the Written Exams | Bill Galvin |
| What Do You Want to Achieve? Needs Assessment and Setting Objectives | Bill Galvin |
| Developing Your Skills as a Patient Educator | Bill Galvin |
| Cardiovascular Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Amado X Freire |
| Data Management for the RT Manager | Ricahrd Ford |
| Pro-Con: Clinical ladder - Does a Truly Professional Workforce Need It? | Richard Ford, Brian K Walsh |
| So Where Do We Cut the Fat Without Cutting Services? | Richard Ford |
| How Did I Get Here? | Garner Faulkner |
| The "A" Team: How Do I Make the Roster? | Garner Faulkner |
| Have New Noninvasive Modalities Reduced the Incidence of BPD? | Jonathan Fanaroff |
| Long-term Outcomes: The Real Story | Jonathan Fanaroff |
| Making the Most of Change: A Survivial Guide for Beside RCPs | Dana Evans |
| Asthma: Current Evidence for Emergency Department Management | Dana Evans |
| Developing Standards of Care in an Era of Incentives and Penalties | Dan Easley |
| Reducing Readmissions with RT Interventions: A Decade of Success with COPD/Asthma RT Case Managers | Joe Dwan |
| Are We Harming Normal Lungs with Conventional Ventilator Settings? | Charles Durbin Jr |
| Professor's Rounds: Critically Ill Children - What Do They Teach Us About Caring for All Patients? | Charles Durbin Jr |
| Mechanisms to Reduce Healthcare Disparities | Crystal Dunlevy |
| Healthcare Disparities | Crystal Dunlevy |
| AARC Uniform Reporting Manual | Bill Dubbs |
| Productivity and Benchmarking | Bill Dubbs |
| From Referral to Arrival…Behind the Scenes of a Transport Call | Tabatha Dragonberry |
| iNO Delivery During NIV: Is What You Set What You Get? | Robert DiBlasi |
| The Vietnam, India, and Egypt Experience | Robert DiBlasi |
| Crossing into the Pediatric World: Treating BPD from a Pediatric Perspective | Kathleen Deakins |
| Diagnosing BPD in 2012: Anything New? | Kathleen Deakins |
| Airway Clearance: Is It Worth the Effort? | Kathleen Deakins |
| Optimizng Outcomes for Lung Transplant Recipients | Jeffrey Davis |
| Are We Ventilating People to Death? | Dan Davis |
| The Potential Use of Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI as an Imaging Tool for Ventilation | John Davies |
| What Are the Different Types of Research Projects in Which RTs Can Play a Vital Role? From Bench to Publication | John Davies |
| How to Come Up with a Good Research Question and What to Do with It | John Davies |
| Advances in COPD Research | James Crapo |
| Tidal Volume Determination for Neonatal Ventilation | Sherry Courtney |
| Neonatal Ventilation | Sherry Courtney |
| Permissive Hypoxemia: How Low Is Too Low? | Ira Cheifetz |
| The Institutional Review Board - What Is It and How Does It Help Guide Research | Robert Chatburn |
| Optimizing the Patient-Ventilator Interaction | Robert Chatburn |
| Taking a Leadership Role in Patient Population Management | Jon Carlson |
| Policy and Procedure Formats That Improve Care and Empower RTs | Jon Carlson |
| What's New in Pulmonary Rehabilitation?: The Updated (2012) ATS/ERS Guidelines | Brian Carlin |
| The Successful Hospital-to Home Transition: Risk Factors & Treatment Strategies | Brian Carlin |
| Providing Optimal Assessment and Training of the Elderly Patient in Pulmonary Rehabilitation | Brian Carlin |
| The Personal Credential (BRPT, NBRC, AMSM credentials): Similarities and Differences | Brian Carlin |
| Reducing Perioperative Morbidity for the OSA Patient: Developing an Effective Management Program | Brian Carliln |
| Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk? | Thomas Cahill |
| Pediatric Patients | Thomas Cahill |
| Early Warning Signs in Pediatric Transport | Ami Brownlee |
| Non-Accidental Trauma in Pedatrics | Ami Brownlee |
| Managing the "Pediatric Adult" Patient | Joel Brown |
| RT-Driven Discharge Planning for COPD Patients | Gary Brown, Becky K Anderson |
| Interstate Licensure: What You Need to Know Before You Cross the Line | Alex Brendel |
| How is PEEP Selected for Patients with ALI/ARDS? | Richard Branson |
| Moving New and Emerging Technology from Laboratory to Bedside: The Use of Therapeutic Intrathoracic Pressure Regulation (TIPR) for the Apneic Hypotensive Patient | Richard Branson |
| The Scientific Basis for Post-Operative Respiratory Care | Richard Branson |
| The Best 5 Research Papers Published in Respiratory Care in 2012 | Ricahrd Branson |
| Adult Patients | Ronda Bradley |
| Making It Happen: Training Strategies for Ensuring Competency | Ronda Bradley |
| Sleep Disorders in Children | Suzanne Bollig |
| Sleep in Women: What Is Normal? | Suzanne Bollig |
| Year in Review: Sleep-Disordered Breathing | Suzanne Bollig |
| Hyperbaric Medicine: Physiology and Clinical Application | Clifford Boehm |
| The Scientific Basis for Oxygen Therapy in the Hospitalized Patient | Chris Blakeman |
| The ABCs of Performing a Shunt Study | Mary Jo Biebl-Yahnke |
| Neonatal Respiratory Care "The Africa Experience" | Maneesh Batra |
| Respiratory's Role in the incident Command System | Mark Babic |
| What to Do When the People You Work With Drive You Crazy | Mark Babic |
| Inhaled Volatile Anesthetics | John Arnold |
| The Difficult Pediatric Airway: Tricks of the Trade | John Arnold |
| Educating Patients and Families About End-of-Life Care: Who, When and How | Robert Aranson |
| Controlling Nosocomial Infections in the Post-Acute Care Setting | Eric Anderson |
| How a Respiratory Therapist Can Drive Health Systems Change and Improve Quality | Dawn Aberle |