August 21, 2008

Syndicated Cartoon Delivers the Message on Inhaler Changes
The switch to CFC-free inhalers is just four months away, and an asthma support group has found an innovative way to get the word out to patients and families: let the syndicated cartoon strip, Rex Morgan, MD, tell the story.

Asthma Course Heads to NJ—With the Excitement of NYC Right Next Door
The AARC’s popular Asthma Educator Certification Preparation Course is heading to Newark, NJ, Sept. 20–21. So if you’re in the area—or looking for a way to team continuing education up with a vacation in the nearby Big Apple—then take advantage of this great opportunity to position yourself as an asthma expert in your community. But hurry! The hotel reservations and course registration deadlines are Friday, September 5.

Earn CRCE Through The Journal This Month in Respiratory Care
Looking for quick and easy CRCEs? Then look no further than your August issue of Respiratory Care. The journal features its annual CRCE Through The Journal this month, giving readers the opportunity to earn 6 contact hours for just $15.

Save on RC Week Orders by Sept. 1 with the Early Bird Special
Respiratory Care Week (October 19–25) will be here before you know it. But there's still time to save 10% with early bird specials in the AARC Respiratory Catalog! Place an order for only $50 or more by September 1 and receive a discount of 10% on your total order. Applies to phone, fax and mail orders only. (Meeting/course registrations, CRCE Online, Professor's Rounds, online store orders and shipping are specifically excluded.) For more information on RC Week, visit our RC Week Planning Page.

AARC Times is Looking for Military Members
If you’re an AARC member who is either serving in the military now, or has served in the past, AARC Times wants to hear from you. Please take a few moments to fill out our short online form so we can include your name in a tribute to military members coming up in our November issue.

Section Bulletin Alert: Five Sections Publish Summer Bulletins
Members of the AARC’s Long Term Care, Management, Neonatal-Pediatrics, Sleep, and Surface & Air Transport Sections are all busy reading the latest editions of their Bulletins. Other sections already have their summer bulletins available online.

Update on Tobacco
The AARC congratulates the House of Representatives for passing The Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act and is also on board with fellow organizations supporting a proposal at the Federal Trade Commission that would forbid tobacco companies from making factual statements about tar and nicotine levels using machine-based tests. Read more about these new developments here and here.

Good Press: AARC Members in the News
We have two new editions to share. Check them out here and here.

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