Richard Ford

Delores Lokey

Patricia Hyland

Carl Rod

• Richard Ford comments on the health effects of smoggy air in this article in the Los Angeles, CA, Times.

• Jerry O'Ryan shares information about his sleep diagnostic centers in this article in the Dayton, OH, Daily News. Jerry owns the business along with two physicians.

• Adria Donn comments on the increasing summer workload for RTs in her area in this article in the KC Community News out of Overland Park, KS.

• Delores Lokey and Teri Mills are noted for earning their RT degrees in this article in the Gaithersburg, MD, Business Gazette.

• Patricia Hyland comments on the shortage of RTs and the promising career opportunities for those who enter the profession in this article in the Albany, NY, Times Union.

• Dave Hampton reports on a new pediatric ambulance acquired by his hospital in this article on the NBC affiliate web site in Wichita, KS.

• Melva Bellefountaine authors an article on dealing with asthma in the summer months in this article in the Caledon Enterprise out of Bolton, Ontario, Canada.

• Michael Staines is one of several people profiled in this article in the Atlanta, GA, Journal Constitution that ran on the 4th of July. Michael explains how he went back to school to earn a degree in RT after the plastic bag plant he worked for closed. "It's like night and day,” he was quoted as saying. “I'm taking care of people, which I enjoy, rather than working on a machine in more or less a dead-end job.”

• Denise Rhodes comments on an asthma camp staffed by RTs in this article in the Anderson, SC, Independent Mail. The link also includes a great video of Denise sharing more information about the camp.

• Donna Correll, Deborah A. Rathman, and Bruce Mariano all talk about pulmonary rehabilitation in three articles that appeared in the Reading, PA, Eagle: read them here, here, and here.

• Mike Zwicker and Karen Logan fill readers in on hyperbaric medicine and the conditions it can treat in this article in the Billings, MT, Gazette.

• Carl Rod comments on the health effects of hot weather in this article in the Laconia, NH, Citizen.

• And Michelle Maize tells her community about her hospital’s receipt of the AARC’s Quality Respiratory Care Recognition in this article in the Houma, LA, Courier.