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11 Jan

AARC RFP: A Needs Assessment Study

The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) invites qualified organizations to submit a bid for conducting a national needs assessment in accordance with the attached project description for Exploring the Status of Non-Physician Advanced Practice Provider Employment Density and Sufficiency of Educational Background in the Care of Patients with Cardiopulmonary Disease. The AARC is seeking a… Read more »

21 Dec

Get the Resources You Need to Help Patients Like Brian Quit Smoking

Brian grew up with parents who smoked, so when he took his first puff at age eight he never even considered smoking was something that could harm his health. As a respiratory therapist, you work with tobacco dependent patients like Brian every day. Every encounter you have with them is an opportunity to educate them… Read more »

15 Dec

Good Press: AARC Members in the News | January

Mary Growtowski Leah Hendricks Mike Shoemaker Carmen Walser Debra Uhlenbrauck Darcy Ellefson Jessica MacDougall Brian Andrews explains how his Better Breathers Club is helping a 97-year-old World War II vet cope with his congestive heart failure in this article and video on the ABC-TV website out of Dallas, TX. “He’s in here Monday, Wednesday, and… Read more »

08 Dec

Utah Respiratory Therapist Receives Koga Medal for Work in Ghana

The physicians and nurses pictured here were trained to use the Fanem CPAP machine by Trujillo and her colleagues. When a Ghanaian student named Albert Ncancer came to the U.S. to study respiratory care at Weber State University in Ogden, UT, some ten years ago, Lisa Trujillo, DHSc, RRT, didn’t know any more about the… Read more »

30 Nov

RT Role in COPD Care Outlined in New Report

The role of the respiratory therapist figures heavily in a new report published in the October 2016 issue (Volume 3, Issue 4) of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation. The report outlines the results from the second annual National COPD Readmissions Summit, which was convened by the COPD Foundation in March of… Read more »

23 Nov

AARC Brings RTs, Patients Together in Second Annual Advocacy Summit

Enable cookies to see embeded content. Building relationships and advancing respiratory care were the key goals of the second annual Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit that took place just prior to AARC Congress 2016 in San Antonio this past October. Respiratory therapists from the AARC gathered with patients and caregivers to talk about key issues of… Read more »

17 Nov

Good Press: AARC Members in the News December

Good Press features AARC members who were recently noted, quoted and interviewed Lynda Ferris This article on the Sierra Wave Media website out of California highlights Kevin Christensen’s RT department in honor of RC Week, citing the many services they offer, including pulmonary function testing, EKGs, and smoking cessation counseling. Tracy Simpson receives great RC Week… Read more »

17 Nov

Big Ideas Theater: Dr. Neil MacIntyre Explains the ABCDEF Bundle

Enable cookies to see embeded content. If you work in an ICU, you’ve probably at least heard of the ABCDEF Bundle. Developed by critical care experts who reviewed randomized controlled trials on the ventilator liberation process, the bundle is aimed at getting more patients off mechanical ventilation as quickly as possible through the use of… Read more »

10 Nov

ATS, ACCP, Publish New Ventilator Discontinuation Guidelines

New guidelines from the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians may provide additional guidance for clinicians like respiratory therapists who manage patients on mechanical ventilation. Developed by a committee of experts, the guidelines are an update to the 2001 CHEST guideline on ventilator liberation and are based on the most recent evidence… Read more »

10 Nov

CHEST 2016 Presenter Emphasizes Importance of RT Role in Home Visits

Patients with chronic lung diseases like COPD and asthma need to make regular visits to their physicians’ offices to maintain control of their conditions. But getting patients to show up for these visits can be a challenge. A new study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, at Fresno finds just one… Read more »

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AARC RFP: A Needs Assessment Study

Get the Resources You Need to Help Patients Like Brian Quit Smoking

Good Press: AARC Members in the News | January

Utah Respiratory Therapist Receives Koga Medal for Work in Ghana

RT Role in COPD Care Outlined in New Report

AARC Brings RTs, Patients Together in Second Annual Advocacy Summit

Good Press: AARC Members in the News December

Big Ideas Theater: Dr. Neil MacIntyre Explains the ABCDEF Bundle

ATS, ACCP, Publish New Ventilator Discontinuation Guidelines

CHEST 2016 Presenter Emphasizes Importance of RT Role in Home Visits

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