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Beyond the Blue Bloater: Phenotypical Considerations in COPD 2026

About This Course As our understanding of COPD continues to grow, so do our diagnostic and assessment options. This presentation will go beyond spirometry to look at additional tools RTs can use to evaluate treatable traits in COPD and provide more individualized care for everyone living with obstructed airflow. Successful completion of this course requires … Continued


Members in the News | Apex Recognitions, RT Volunteerism, and COPD Awareness

November 10, 2025  AARC members Melanie McDonough, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, Stephanie Parlamento, MBA, RRT, RPFT, and Misty Carlson, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, were featured in an article on the Hometown News website about the Apex designation recently received by their cardiopulmonary sciences program at Dayton State University. Read it Here AARC members Mike Hess, MPH, … Continued



AARC Members In The News | New Degree Program and Hawaii COPD

September 07, 2023 AARC member Pam McMillian was featured in an article on bigislandnow.com about the Hawai’i COPD Coalition’s 17th annual COPD Education Day. Read it Here AARC member Jerin Juby, DMgt, MA, RRT, was featured in an article on whyy.org about a partnership between Thomas Jefferson University and National Jewish Health to create new … Continued




2023 GOLD Report

Mike Hess goes over the 2023 GOLD report and addresses some of the 387 new references in this year’s edition.


Featured Buzz Sep.9

By Debbie Bunch September 9, 2024 Inhalers Frequently Misused by Hospitalized COPD Patients COPD patients rely on inhalers to control the condition. But those inhalers only help if they are used correctly. According to a recent study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, too many people with COPD fall short when it comes to meeting that … Continued