AARC Explores Pathway Guides are your guides to the content of each series. Pathway Guides show you topics, speakers, content descriptions, and release dates for each video in the series.
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2024 Pathway Guide
Pathway 1 | Breathe In Possibility, Breathe Out Purpose
Lecturer: Sharon Newport, CAE
An inspiring presentation to align the power of the individual care provider and collective impact of the respiratory therapy profession. When ME and WE align we can wield the power of the individual and the community to help transform lives and make a lasting impact. Leave this presentation with a fresh perspective that will open your heart and your mind to new possibilities and a renewed purpose.
Pathway 2 | Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, COVID-19, and the Path Forward
Lecturer: Michael Klompas, MD, MPH
This lecture will present the current state of the art regarding the ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and the ventilator-associated event ( VAE) definitions. The speaker will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on VAP and the VAE framework moving forward. VAE definitions have perplexed respiratory therapists and other health care professionals with the relationship to VAP. This talk will demystify this relationship and the definitions and provide an evidence-based review of VAP prevention.
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