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Neonatal-Pediatric Specialist (NPS) Re-Credentialing Package

About This Course

Do you hold the CRT-NPS or RRT-NPS credential offered by the NBRC? Do you need to renew your credential with neonatal-pediatric-related CRCE? This package is for you! The AARC has compiled 10 CRCE directly related to neonatal and pediatric respiratory care to make renewing your credential as easy as possible. This package contains 6 AARC online courses that collectively provide you with 10 CRCE.

Once the package is purchased, you will see all 6 courses listed above in your AARC University classroom.

Seminar Objectives

See chapters below for specific course descriptions.

Chapters

This course is designed to assist the neonatal-pediatric healthcare provider in performing patient assessment, gathering appropriate information, and using pertinent clinical information to make clinical decisions in the treatment of infants and children with congenital heart defects.

Approved for 5.0 CRCE

Speaker Information
  • Ira Cheifetz MD, FCCM, FAARC
  • Michael Camitta MD
  • Christoph Hornik MD, MPH
  • Travis Vesel MD, FCCM
  • Jon Meliones MD, MS, FCCM
  • Jennifer Turi MD

Ventilating our tiniest patients can be difficult and there are many variables to consider as we seek to support the respiratory status of neonatal patients. This presentation will outline mechanisms of lung injury and discuss evidence-based approaches for noninvasive ventilation, surfactant delivery techniques, and lung protective strategies for conventional and high-frequency ventilation.

Approved for 1.0 CRCE

Speaker Information
  • Rob DiBlasi, BSRT, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC

Providing mechanical ventilation to the pediatric patient with ARDS can be vastly different than ventilating an adult patient with ARDS. Is there a best practice or consensus for mechanical ventilation modalities and strategies for this population? This presentation will discuss the pathophysiologic characteristics of pediatric ARDS and the evidence supporting various mechanical ventilation strategies.

Speaker Information
  • Ira Cheifetz MD, FCCM, FAARC

In this presentation the speaker will discuss the Editor’s Choice of the April 2022 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE “Global and Regional Tidal Volume Distribution in Spontaneously Breathing Mechanically Ventilated Children”. The presentation will focus on the research design and interpretation of the results.

Approved for 1.0 CRCE

Speaker Information
  • Brian Ring MSRC, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS

In this presentation the speaker will discuss the Editor’s Choice of the July 2022 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE “High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation in Viral Bronchiolitis”. The presentation will focus on the research design and interpretation of the results.

Approved for 1.0 CRCE

Speaker Information

Presenter:

  • Andrew Miller, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC

Moderator:

  • Rich Branson MSc, RRT, FAARC, FCCM

The speaker will discuss the Editor’s Choice of the February 2023 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE Factors Associated With Accidental Decannulation in Tracheostomized Children”. The presentation focuses on the research design and interpretation of the results.

Approved for 1.0 CRCE

Speaker Information

Presenter: Denise Lauderbaugh, MPH, BSRC, RRT, RRT-NPS

Moderator: Lexie Caraway, MBA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C