Webcast Central
Webcasts are online educational events that take place right on your computer. AARC members can attend a live event and earn free CRCE© credit or watch a past program and take a quick test for credit. More information is available under the Get Help tab below.
The following webcasts are available immediately to AARC Members free of charge. To receive CRCE Credit after viewing a webcast, you will need to register and pay $15 for access to the accompanying test. Details are available after selecting a webcast below.
Past Programs
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| November 11, 2009 | Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Update on the Science and the Service Brian W. Carlin, MD, FAARC |
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| October 28, 2009 | Minimizing the Impact of ROP David Kaukman, MD |
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| October 2, 2009 | Preparing for Pandemic (H1N) Influenza Part 2—Treating Refractory Hypoxia That is Unresponsive to Traditional Mechanical Ventilation Richard Branson, MSc RRT FAARC FCCM and Carl Haas, MLS, RRT, AE-C, FAARC |
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| September 28, 2009 | Preparing for Pandemic (H1N) Influenza Part 1—Treating ARDS Richard Branson, MSc RRT FAARC FCCM and Dean Hess, PhD RRT FAARC |
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| September 22, 2009 | The Strategic National Stockpile—The LTV-1200 Ventilator Richard Branson, MSc RRT FAARC FCCM, Angela King, RRT-NPS, RPFT and Eileen Malatino RN, MS |
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| September 9, 2009 | The New Pulmonary Rehabilitation Benefit is On The Way—Are you Ready? Vicky Shrader BS, RRT, CPFT |
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| August 12, 2009 | The Oxygen Prescription—Who and How Much Gregg L. Ruppel MEd, RRT, RPFT, FAARC |
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| July 7, 2009 | Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy Lois Rowland, BSRT, RRT-NPS, RPFT |
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| June 24, 2009 | Implementing an Asthma Disease Management Program Tim Op’t Holt, EdD, RRT, AE-C, FAARC |
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| June 17, 2009 | Healthcare Worker Protection in Mass Casualty Respiratory Failure Elizabeth Lee Daugherty, MD, MPH |
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| May 27, 2009 | Effective VAP Reduction Strategies Tom Malinowski, BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| May 11, 2009 | H1N1 Flu Update Dr. Michael Anderson, MD FAAP CRCE credit is not available for this webcast |
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| May 8, 2009 | Airway Clearance Techniques—What is the Evidence? Dean Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| April 29, 2009 | 2009 Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals and Other Changes: What Respiratory Therapists Need to Know Karen Stewart, MSc, RRT, FAARC |
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| April 14, 2009 | Joint Commission Accreditation for Home Care—What is Required? Bob Floro, MS., RRT |
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| March 17, 2009 | New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation Part II: Patient-Ventilator Synchrony During Volume and Pressure Ventilation Bob Kacmarek, PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| March 3, 2009 | New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation Part I: Patient-Ventilator Synchrony During Volume and Pressure Ventilation Bob Kacmarek, PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| February 25, 2009 | Infants and Children with Bronchiolitis: Effective and Efficient Care John Salyer, RRT-NPS, BS, MBA, FAARC |
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| February 11, 2009 | Minimizing Medication Errors in the Acute Care Setting Cheryl Hoerr, BS, MBA/HCM, RRT, CPFT, FAARC |
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| January 28, 2009 |
Joint Commission Accreditation for Sleep Centers—What is Required? Michael Kulczycki, MBA, CAE |
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| January 14 , 2009 |
The Effects of Altitude on Respiratory Physiology and Equipment Function Featuring Rich Branson MSc, RRT, FAARC FCCM |
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| November 19, 2008 |
Portable Testing of OSA Featuring Brian Carlin MD, FAARC |
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| October 29, 2008 |
How to Select the Best Mode of Ventilation Featuring Rob Chatburn, BS, RRT-NPS, FAARC |
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| October 10, 2008 |
Airway Clearance Applications in Infants and Children Featuring Kathy Deakins BS, RRT |
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| September 24, 2008 |
Respiratory Issues in the Management of Children With Neuromuscular Disease Featuring Joe Lewarski BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| September 3, 2008 |
Capital Acquisition—Getting What You Need Featuring Doug Laher MBA, RRT |
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| August 20, 2008 |
Opportunities and Risks of Using Heliox in Your Clinical Practice Featuring James Fink PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| August 6, 2008 |
Ethical Decisions Encountered in Respiratory Therapy Featuring Linda Van Scoder, EdD, RRT |
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| July 23, 2008 |
Theories of Ethical Decision Making in Respiratory Therapy Featuring John Hughes, RRT, MEd, AE-C |
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| June 25, 2008 |
Balancing PEEP and FIO2 Settings in Adults Featuring Rich Kallet MS, RRT, FAARC |
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| May 21, 2008 |
Effective Use of Capnography Featuring Ira Chiefetz, MD, FAARC |
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| April 30, 2008 |
Management of Unresponsive Hypoxia in ARDS Featuring Bob Kacmarek PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| April 23, 2008 |
Effective Use of Recruitment Maneuvers in the Management of ALI and ARDS Featuring Bob Kacmarek PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| March 26, 2008 |
Basic Ventilatory Management of ARDS Featuring Bob Kacmarek PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| January 23, 2008 |
Corticosteroid Therapy and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Featuring Neil MacIntyre MD, FAARC |
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| January 8, 2008 |
Secretion Management in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient Featuring Rich Branson MSc, RRT, FAARC |
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| November 13, 2007 |
Cystic Fibrosis Update—2007 Featuring Carolyn Kercsmar MD |
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| November 11, 2007 |
2007 Asthma Guidelines Featuring Tom Kallstrom BS, RRT, AE-C, FAARC |
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| November 2, 2007 |
Administering “Exotic” Aerosol Therapy Featuring Neil MacIntyre MD FAARC |
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| October 17, 2007 |
Establishing an Inpatient Tobacco Cessation Program Featuring Melynn Wakeman BS, RRT, RPFT, RPSGT |
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| September 25, 2007 |
The Future of Sleep Medicine Featuring Barbara Phillips, MD, MSHP |
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| September 19, 2007 |
Transitioning Patients from Acute to Long Term Care Featuring Teresa Vosko MHHS, RRT, FAARC |
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| August 29, 2007 |
CPAP-Is All Pressure Created Equal? Featuring Michael Tracy, BA RRT-NPS |
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| August 22, 2007 |
Patient Literacy Featuring Bill Galvin MEd, CPFT, AE-C, FAARC |
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| July 25, 2007 |
Humidification of the Artificial Airway Featuring Rob Chatburn RRT, FAARC |
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| June 27, 2007 |
Advancing the skills of transport therapists—a process that worked! Featuring Michael Tracy, BA RRT-NPS |
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| June 13, 2007 |
Integrating Electrolytes and Blood Gases into Patient Assessment Featuring Marta Tingdale RRT, RN, CPHQ |
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| May 30, 2007 |
Rapid Response Teams Featuring Marta Tingdale, RRT, RN, CPHQ |
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| May 16, 2007 |
Esophageal Monitoring in Critical Care Featuring Ray Ritz, BA, RRT, FAARC |
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| May 9, 2007 |
PFTs in Infants Featuring Tim Myers, BS, RRT-NPS, FAARC |
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| April 25, 2007 |
Incorporating Tuberculosis Information into the Curriculum Featuring Tom Barnes, EdD, RRT, FAARC and Tim Op’t Holt, EdD, RRT, AE-C, FAARC |
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| April 11, 2007 |
Appropriate Use of Aerosol Devices Featuring Dean Hess Ph.D., RRT, FAARC |
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| March 28, 2007 |
Portable Oxygen Concentrator Performance Variables that Affect Therapy Featuring Robert McCoy, BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| March 14, 2007 |
Protocols for the Delivery of Respiratory Care—2007 Featuring Brian Walsh RRT-NPS, FAARC |
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| March 7, 2007 |
Improving Patient Outcomes in Long Term Care Hospitals Featuring Gary W. Mefford AAS, RRT, RCP |
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| February 27, 2007 |
Benchmarking for Success Featuring Tom Malinowski, RRT, FAARC |
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| February 7, 2007 |
Therapist Innovation vs. Evidence-Based Practice Featuring Bob Kacmarek Ph.D., RRT, FAARC |
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| January 24, 2007 |
The Hospice Criteria for Respiratory Diseases Featuring Helen Sorenson MA RRT FAARC |
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| November 29, 2006 |
Long-Term Oxygen Therapy: Results of the 6th Consensus Conference Featuring Patrick Dunne, MEd, RRT, FAARC |
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| November 17, 2006 |
The Difficult to Control Asthmatic Featuring Jay I. Peters, MD |
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| November 1, 2006 |
The Strategic National Stockpile—What Respiratory Therapists Need to Know Featuring Rich Branson MSc RRT, FAARC, and Eileen Malatino, BSN |
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| October 25, 2006 |
Appropriate Application of PEEP Featuring Donna Hamel, RRT, FAARC |
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| October 11, 2006 |
Achieving Optimal Staffing: Tools for Managers Featuring Rick Ford, BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| September 19, 2006 |
Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) Featuring Dr. Christer Sinderby |
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| September 6, 2006 |
The Science of Pulse Dose Oxygen Technologies Featuring Joe Lewarski, BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| August 23, 2006 |
New Horizons in Surfactant Delivery Featuring Michael Tracy, RRT |
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| August 9, 2006 |
HFOV in Pediatrics: What You Need to Know Featuring Ira Cheifetz, MD, FAARC |
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| July 12, 2006 |
Mechanical Ventilation in Patient Transport Featuring Steve Sittig, RRT |
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| June 13, 2006 |
Sleep Section Webcast Series
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| May 17, 2006 |
Delivery Devices for Respiratory Medication: What RTs Need to Teach Their Patients Featuring Joseph Rau, PhD, RRT, FAARC |
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| May 3, 2006 |
Bronchial Provocation Testing: Methacholine Challenge Test Featuring Jack Wanger, MS, RRT, RPFT |
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| April 26, 2006 |
Mechanical Ventilation-Hospital to Home Featuring Jack Wanger, MS, RRT, RPFT |
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| April 12, 2006 |
BIPAP/CPAP Use in Home Care: What You Need to Know Featuring Joe Lewarski, BS, RRT, FAARC |
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| April 5, 2006 |
Mechanical Ventilation in Mass Casualty Care Featuring Richard Branson, MS, RRT, FAARC |
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| March 8, 2006 |
ABGs In the Elderly: Why, When and What They Mean Featuring Helen M. Sorenson, MA, RRT, FAARC |
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| February 22, 2006 |
Case Studies in Nitric Oxide Administration Featuring Michael A. Gentile, RRT, FAARC |
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| February 15, 2006 |
Technological Advances in Weaning the Long Term Ventilator-Dependent Patient Featuring Eric Yaeger, MD |
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| January 27, 2006 |
APRV and Spontaneous Breathing Featuring Nader Habashi, MD |
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| January 11, 2006 |
The Respiratory Therapist’s Role in Tobacco Cessation Featuring Steven A. Schroeder MD and Roland Romano CTTS, MACC, RRT-NPS |
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| February 22, 2005 |
Achieving Ventilator Patient Synchrony Featuring Jon Nilsestuen, PhD, RRT, FAARC |
