What’s Going on at the AARC Offices This Week?
October 23, 2008
We’re celebrating too! The 38 staff members in the Irving headquarters of the AARC have been marking the days of Respiratory Care Week with a variety of activities.
Bagels, pizza, and demonstrations are all occurring this week, with the respiratory therapists in the office giving the rest of the staff a look at what RTs do. On Tuesday, many of the staff took spirometry tests and learned a little bit more about their lung function. On Friday, local respiratory therapist David Gibson will be on hand to demonstrate CPR.
AARC staff were encouraged to wear their favorite AARC logo shirt one day.
Accounting staff member Dian Whitaker gets her first spirometry test ever from Steve Nelson, RRT, who heads the ARCF and IT operations.
On Thursday, the staff had a trivia contest. See how well you do with these questions.
AARC Trivia
- Who is the current president of the AARC?
- Where was Congress held in 2006?
- Approximately how many members does the AARC have?
- In what year did the AARC start? In what city?
- What U.S. President did Sam Giordano meet when RC Week was first signed in to law?
- What other respiratory organization is also based here in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex?
Check your AARC trivia answers…
- Toni Rodriguez
- Las Vegas
- 47,000–48,000
- 1947 in Chicago
- Ronald Reagan
- CoARC—Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
AARC Staff Trivia
To really challenge yourself, see how well you do with these questions.
- How many staff members are Respiratory Therapists and who are they?
- What street were we on before we moved to MacArthur Blvd?
- Which staff member has been with the AARC the longest?
- In what year did the AARC experience a major flood in its previous offices?
- What kind of ice may you not get from the refrigerator?
Check your AARC staff trivia answers…
- 5—Sam Giordano, Ray Masferrer, Tom Kallstrom, Steve Nelson, and Bill Dubbs.
- Ables Lane
- Marsha Cathcart, editor of AARCTimes, who has been with the AARC for 31 years.
- 2002, from a massive water main break.
- Crushed, because it depletes the supply of ice faster, leaving less ice for others (OK, we know you really wouldn’t get this one, but it’s a big deal in our office.)