AARC Congress 2019

This ceremony recognizes the “doers” in the profession, from students to long-established practitioners. Be there and applaud your peers. Today it’s them; tomorrow it could be you!

Award-winning Journalist — with more than 50 years of experience — Ted Koppel will kick off AARC Congress 2019 through his opening keynote message “It’s COPD — Dammit!” A true “eye witness to history,” Koppel has covered decades of important stories and pivotal moments in history dating back to the 1960s. Yet, it’s his personal connection to COPD through his wife Grace Anne Dorney Koppel that keeps respiratory care a top priority for him. According to Koppel, he is “continually amazed and frustrated by the general lack of knowledge about COPD and the overwhelming apathy towards what is, after all, the number three killer among chronic diseases.” He uses this to drive his focus on the attention — or inattention — dedicated to research in the treatment of COPD, working to help bring greater awareness and understanding to the disease.

The 2019 AARC President opens the Exhibit Hall. As the gold standard of all respiratory care meetings, AARC Congress 2019 presents to you all the manufacturers and suppliers in the industry. The Exhibit Hall offers attendees an opportunity to see, touch, and manipulate the latest technology in the field and have clinical conversations with manufacturer representatives. Don't miss this great opportunity!

Student teams from the AARC State Societies compete in the preliminary competitions. The top four teams will face off in the Finals on Monday, Nov. 11.

This presentation will introduce the neophyte research presenter to the customs, roles, and experience of presenting at an Open Forum session. The stages of an Open Forum presentation including poster set-up, interacting with participants and moderators, presenting at the podium, and participating in moderated audience discussions will be addressed. Expectations for Editor’s Choice and Poster Only presentations will be reviewed.

This lecture will provide tips from previous Congress experiences to help make the most of this year's meeting including lessons learned, prioritizing lectures, and take-home highlights.

Researchers and clinicians present research results on bread-and-butter issues in respiratory care. The audience and authors review the posters during the first part of the session. A brief oral presentation (no slides) and audience questions and discussion allow presenters to expand on the work featured on the posters.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from

Researchers and clinicians present research results on bread-and-butter issues in respiratory care. The audience and authors review the posters during the first part of the session. A brief oral presentation (no slides) and audience questions and discussion allow presenters to expand on the work featured on the posters.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from

Describe the important contributions in asthma management in the last year.

High flow nasal cannula has changed the landscape of noninvasive respiratory support. The use of HFNC for hypoxemic respiratory failure, hypercapnic respiratory failure, and to prevent reintubation has shown mixed results. This lecture will cover the important findings in HFNC over the past year.

This lecturer will describe the best papers published in 2019 related to secretion clearance in mechanically ventilated patients.

The most influential papers on patient ventilator synchrony in 2019 will be reviewed in this session.

The lecturer will present the significant contributions to the literature in the last 12 months regarding aerosol therapy.

Researchers and clinicians present research results on bread-and-butter issues in respiratory care. The audience and authors review the posters during the first part of the session. A brief oral presentation (no slides) and audience questions and discussion allow presenters to expand on the work featured on the posters.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from

Researchers and clinicians present research results on bread-and-butter issues in respiratory care. The audience and authors review the posters during the first part of the session. A brief oral presentation (no slides) and audience questions and discussion allow presenters to expand on the work featured on the posters.

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from