Terry Toussant Named Subacute Care Specialty Practitioner of the Year Award
For Immediate Release
Irving, Texas (February 16, 2004) – Terry Toussant, RRT, a respiratory therapist at Advanced Health Systems in Hudson, Ohio, has been honored as the American Association for Respiratory Care’s (AARC) 2003 Subacute Care Section Specialty Practitioner of the Year.
The award, which was presented at the AARC’s 49 th International Respiratory Congress in Las Vegas, NV, is bestowed annually on a section member who best exemplifies qualities and characteristics of excellence in caring for respiratory patients requiring care over the long-term.
As a staff therapist at Advanced Health, Toussant is responsible for caring for patients with a wide range of breathing problems. The respiratory therapist’s top goals on the job are “being able to communicate well with other staff and family members of patients, as well as making patients feel at ease when I am with them.”
The American Association for Respiratory Care is a professional membership organization of respiratory therapists dedicated to respiratory therapy education and research. Among its goals are to advocate on behalf of pulmonary patients for appropriate access to respiratory services provided by qualified professionals and to benefit respiratory health care providers.
In addition to the Subacute Care Section, the AARC supports Specialty Sections for respiratory therapists working in Adult Acute Care, Continuing Care and Rehabilitation, Diagnostics, Education, Home Care, Management, Neonatal-Pediatrics, and Transport. Together, these nine Specialty Sections provide respiratory therapists focusing on specific patient populations and health care settings with the targeted information and services they need to provide the highest quality of respiratory care.
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Contact:
Sherry Milligan AARC Communications Manager (972) 406-4656, milligan@aarc.orgE-Photos available upon request.
