Topics for the 2008 series
The AARC’s Professor’s Rounds series has consistently presented the most current information available to improve the knowledge and skills of respiratory therapists. This cost-effective approach of providing continuing education for your staff has an outstanding lineup of topics and speakers.

Each participant earns 1 CRCE credit per topic and up to 8 credits for the entire series.

From March through October, you will receive one DVD per month. Each DVD contains everything you need—the video program and PDF files of the proctor packet and the presentation slides. Links are also provided to allow access to the materials via the internet.

Program 1
An Update of Mass Casualty Ventilation Guidelines and Standards
Distributed in March

This presentation will review updated mechanical ventilation guidelines and standards including: stockpiling and distribution; the use of invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilators; triage systems; surge capacity; and other topics germane to respiratory therapists.

Presenters:
John Wilgis, MBA RRT
Sam Giordano, MBA RRT FAARC

Order item PR8001

Program 2
Pediatric Controversies
Distributed in April

Sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from:

Current controversies in the care of pediatric patients will be reviewed in a pro-con format.  Topics to be debated include ventilation strategies, adjunct therapies for acute lung injury, recruitment maneuvers and others.

Presenters:
Mike Anderson, MD, Ira Cheifetz, MD
Tom Kallstrom BS RRT AE-C FAARC

Order item PR8002

Program 3
Care of the Patient with a Tracheostomy Tube - A State of the Art Review
Distributed in May

Sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from:

Makers of the Shiley family
of tracheostomy tubes
and accessories

A review of indications for a tracheostomy tube for patients with respiratory failure, an overview of the options for insertion of the tube, the issues and complications associated with these devices, and guidelines for the removal of the tube after recovery from respiratory failure will be discussed.

Presenters:
John Heffner, MD
David Pierson, MD FAARC

Order item PR8003

Program 4
Creating a Tobacco Cessation Program for Patients in Acute Care Hospitals
Distributed in June

This presentation will provide an overview of the elements of a successful inpatient tobacco cessation program and discussion of the opportunity for a respiratory therapist to take a leading role in these programs and an active role in individual cessation.

Presenters:
Steven Schroeder, MD
Tom Kallstrom BS RRT AE-C FAARC

Order item PR8004

Program 5
OSA and Patients in Acute Care Hospitals
Distributed in July

Sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from:

Presenters:
Thomas M. Fuhrman, MD
Suzanne Bollig, RRT RPSGT R.EEGT

Order item PR8005

Program 6
Ethical Issues Faced by Respiratory Therapists
Distributed in August

An overview of medical ethics with particular emphasis on the practice of respiratory therapy. Common ethical scenarios will be reviewed and discussed.

Presenters:
Richard L. Sheldon, MD FACP FCCP FAARC
Bill Dubbs, MEd MHA RRT FAARC

Order item PR8006

Program 7
Efficacy of New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
Distributed in September

Sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from:

Technological advances over the past quarter century has allowed for a virtual revolution in mechanical ventilation design introducing new modes and features. This presentation will review basic concepts of ventilator taxonomy, apply this taxonomy to describe newer modes of ventilation,and the purported benefits these modes provide, and then review the literature to assess the evidence.

Presenters:
Rich Kallet, MS RRT FAARC
Dean Hess, PhD RRT FAARC

Order item PR8007

Program 8
Current Approaches to Airway Clearance
Distributed in October

Despite the clinical observation that retained secretions are detrimental to respiratory function and despite anecdotal associations between secretion clearance and improvements in respiratory function, there is a dearth of high-level evidence to support any secretion clearance technique. This program will review the current evidence for airway clearance therapy so that this can be used by the clinician to determine the most appropriate approach to airway clearance for a patient with respiratory disease.

Presenters:
Dean Hess, PhD RRT FAARC
Tim Myers, BS RRT-NPS

Order item PR8008

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