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Celebrate, Motivate, and Educate During Respiratory Care Week and Lung Health Day!

Respiratory Care Week is celebrated annually on the last full week in October. In conjunction with this event, Lung Health Day is observed on Wednesday of RC Week in order to bring lung health issues to the attention of the public.

And there’s so much to do! Start with our list of 100 ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

Celebrate:

Join your team in activities like awards banquets, parties, fun runs.

• Establish a tradition at your place to recognize the accomplishments of the respiratory therapy staff.
• Reward them with a small gift.
• Get together outside the office for some FUN!
• Read about the Mission and History of RC Week.

Motivate:

Encourage your patients and their families in their battles with lung disease.

• Show them to YourLungHealth.org.
• Pass out a little gift or sticker to your patients to remind them that their respiratory therapist is behind them 100%.

Inspire:

Build the desire in others to enter the profession.

• Show them our new and improved Life and Breath video.
• Present respiratory therapy as a career to a local high school. We show you how.

Educate:

Take awareness of lung diseases like COPD to a broader audience.

• Use tools from the NHLBI’s Learn More, Breathe Better campaign. A whole resource kit is available for your use in raising awareness of the 4th leading cause of death.
• Do you have an upcoming event? Share it on the campaign website to get national exposure and check out our list to see what other AARC members are doing.

Innovate:

Maximize your own skills with new resources.

• Be the best you can be with new resources from the AARC like our Aerosol Delivery Device Book, a review of Four Clinical Cases, and our Reimbursement College.