June 8, 2006

Mass Casualty Planning Guidance Helps You Help Your Community
AARC members all across the country are stepping up and helping their communities plan for a mass casualty event. Now the AARC is providing a new guidance document aimed at making that job easier. “ Guidelines for Acquisition of Ventilators to Meet Demands for Pandemic Flu and Mass Casualty Incidents” is available online now.

AARC Requests Meeting with Surgeon General
AARC wants to meet with the Surgeon General to urge adoption of recommendations in an internal report that states that qualified RTs be commissioned into the U.S. Public Health Service.

AARC Meets with HHS on Disaster Planning
At HHS request, AARC leaders traveled to Capitol Hill last week for a meeting aimed at helping the government hash out the details on training the first group of RTs to be accepted for the department's new disaster response program and other collaborative efforts. Go online to learn more about how your professional association is working with government officials on these important projects.

We Got Google!
The AARC's search engine is now powered by Google, and that means easier, faster, and more accurate searching of the association web site. Just type your keywords into the search box on the front page of the site and chances are, you'll get just what you were looking for!

FREE Continuing Education Available
You've received the resource in the mail. But have you taken the test yet? We're talking about the booklet entitled “Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in the Hypoxic Newborn” that went out to members in May. All AARC members are entitled to take the online post test and earn 4 FREE CRCE credits! The booklet was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from INO Therapeutics.

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