If you have suggestions about other sites we should add to this list, please send a note to the list keeper. Currently we are only adding links to organizations or resources, not to individuals' pages and/or respiratory care departments. Schools of respiratory therapy are available from the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
AARC State Societies
(links available to 44 state societies)
Affiliated Organizations
(organizations with which AARC has an official liaison)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- American Heart Association
- American Hospital Association
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- American Thoracic Society
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free kids
- Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists
- COARC, The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
- Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation
- Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Lambda Beta Society
- National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care
- National Association for the Support of Long Term Care
- National Board for Respiratory Care
- National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
- National Lung Health Education Program
- Respiratory Therapy Society of Ontario
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Consumer sites
- Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics
- Alpha1 Antitrypsin
- Breathin' Easy (helps traveling oxygen patients locate services)
- Breathing Disorders
- Camp Funshine (for kids with cystic fibrosis)
- EFFORTS - Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive
- Healthlinks (helps locate medical and healthcare info on the World-Wide-Web)
- MedTech1 (learn about medical technologies)
- Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation
- The Pulmonary Paper
- PulmonaryChannel.com
- The Resource Directory for Older People
- RTIalert -- Respiratory Tract Infection tracker
- State Agencies on Aging
- The Truth (anti-smoking group)
Gateways
(a jumping-off point to other resources)
- Anesthesiology Gateway
- Asthma Gateway
- Health Gateway
- Health Links
- Health Portal
- Medical Resources
- Medical Trends
- Tuberculosis Information
Government
(agencies of interest to the respiratory care community)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Control
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Contacting Congress
- Council of State Governments
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Register
- Fiscal Intermediaries and Carriers
- Food and Drug Administration
- Government Information Xchange
- HCFA Personnel
- Health and Human Services
- Health Care Financing Administration
- Health Resources & Services Administration
- Healthy People 2010
- Medicare Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
- NHLBI (Asthma)
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
- Office of Inspector General
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Policy/Legislative Information
- Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy
- MDS 2.0 Home Page
- RUGS III Grouper
- Thomas (provided by U. S. Congress)
- U. S. House of Representatives
- White House
Health Care Organizations
(other health care associations and organizations)
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- American Cancer Society
- American College of Cardiology
- American Health Care Association
- American Lung Association
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Sleep Apnea Association
- American Sleep Disorders Association
- Association of Air Medical Services
- Association of Asthma Educators
- Association of Polysomnographic Technologists
- Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
- Center for the Health Professions
- Clinical Laboratory Management Association
- GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- National Subacute Care Association
- U.S. COPD Coalition
Publications
Web-based Resources
(useful online services)
- Breathin' Easy -- Help traveling patients locate oxygen services
- Clinical Pharmacolocy 2000 -- Free drug information monographs
- Grateful Med
- Helix -- Healthcare education. learning & information exchange
- Iron Lung Museum
- Lung Sounds
- Mioti -- Internet resource for medical professionals
- National Library of Medicine -- Free access to medline
- PharmInfoNet -- Respiratory disease
- Virtual Hospital
- Virtual Medical Community
