Patient Voices Heard at Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit
Respiratory therapists came together with chronic lung disease patients at the AARC’s Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit in Indianapolis last fall, opening up lines of communication and building partnerships that will ultimately help advance the quality of care for patients. Amber Galer, BS, RRT, who served as the 2017 Summit coordinator, outlined the benefits for patients […]
Read the post:Patient Voices Heard at Respiratory Patient Advocacy SummitPatient Focus: Christine Hartling Cherishes “Her Kids”
Christine Hartling, center, seen here with FACES Foundation President and Co-founder Sharman Lamka and AARC Chief Business Officer Tim Myers, MBA, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC, was proud to receive the first ever AARC/FACES Foundation National Respiratory Patient Advocacy Award. Christine Hartling, MHM, RRT, RRT-NPS, has a motto that has served her well in her work with […]
Read the post:Patient Focus: Christine Hartling Cherishes “Her Kids”E-Cigs and Youth: What RTs Need to Know
E-cigarettes are being touted as a path to quitting for people who smoke. The jury is still out on the value they add, although some studies have found a benefit. But what about children and teens whose very first experience with smoking is not a traditional cigarette, but an e-cig? AARC member and long-time tobacco […]
Read the post:E-Cigs and Youth: What RTs Need to KnowTales from the ICU: Best Practices in Airway Management
Respiratory therapists are known for their expertise in airway management, and nowhere are those skills more valued than in the ICU. Two AARC members share recent stories illustrating just how important it is to keep best practices top of mind when managing the airway in patients who are critically ill. Blunt chest trauma A challenging […]
Read the post:Tales from the ICU: Best Practices in Airway ManagementSpecialty Section Focus: Adult Acute Care
Membership in AARC Specialty Sections connects you to others who practice in your area of respiratory care. Programs created by specialty section members are integral to the AARC Summer Forum and AARC International Respiratory Congress meetings. Today we are highlighting the Adult Acute Care Specialty Section, to learn more about the section and what members […]
Read the post:Specialty Section Focus: Adult Acute CareFinding a New Tune for Breathing Exercises
Beaumont Hospital in Michigan started a new breathing exercise group called the Half-Notes, a harmonica ensemble. AARC Member Teena Culhane, BS, RRT of Beaumont Hospital in Michigan helped create a Harmonicas for Health class within the hospital’s pulmonary rehab program last November. The group is called the Half-Notes and they performed for the very first […]
Read the post:Finding a New Tune for Breathing ExercisesTexas Students Lend Helping Hand in Guyana
Students from Texas State University took part in a study abroad program to increase awareness and value for the respiratory care profession in Guyana. Texas State University Respiratory Care students travelled to Georgetown, Guyana, South America for their first solo study abroad trip. Whether providing care in the hospitals, working with the students, volunteering at […]
Read the post:Texas Students Lend Helping Hand in GuyanaAARC Members Highlight the Flu’s Effects on Children
The 2017-2018 influenza season has been one for the record books. With another 2+ months to go, the flu has already become widespread across the U.S., put more than 11,00 people in the hospital, and left many facilities scrambling to handle overcrowded emergency rooms. Learn More at the CDC Children have been particularly hard hit, […]
Read the post:AARC Members Highlight the Flu’s Effects on ChildrenStudent Perspective: AARC Involvement Leads to New Relationships
By Andi Gann Andi Gann is a second year student at Missouri Southern State University’s respiratory therapy program in Joplin Missouri As a student member of the AARC, I have attended so much and experienced things that are unforgettable. Our state society selects two student liaisons to attend the state meetings, as well as Congress, […]
Read the post:Student Perspective: AARC Involvement Leads to New RelationshipsDefeating the Status Quo: How RTs Can Bring Best Practices to their Facilities
It’s human nature to want to keep things more or less the way they are now–in other words, status quo. And that’s especially true at work, where any mention of “change” can often make workers cringe. But in the world of health care, change is a given, because new treatments and modalities are always coming […]
Read the post:Defeating the Status Quo: How RTs Can Bring Best Practices to their Facilities