AARC 70th Anniversary Special: More Incredible Changes in Respiratory Care, Part Two
What else did AARC members have to say about the things that have changed in respiratory care? Here are 25 more — Chest CTs. Pre CT scan, ARDS was considered a “homogenous” disease basically based on anterior-posterior chest X-rays. The CT led us from a stiff lung to a small lung, a huge advancement in […]
Read the post:AARC 70th Anniversary Special: More Incredible Changes in Respiratory Care, Part TwoLeadership Changes Have Been Made at the AARC
The AARC has made a couple of leadership changes at the Executive Office aimed at better serving members of the Association. Timothy Myers, MBA, RRT-NPS, FAARC, who currently serves as Associate Executive Director of Brands Management, has been promoted to AARC’s Chief Business Officer. The position was created to reflect Myers’ growing role in strategic, […]
Read the post:Leadership Changes Have Been Made at the AARCAARC Member Leads Airway Safety Initiative
Like many smaller facilities, Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD, goes down to one hospitalist and one ED physician after midnight, and ensuring airway safety in an emergency situation can be a challenge. When Calvert physicians decided it was time to improve the odds they turned to Heather Wright, BSRC, RRT, to help spearhead […]
Read the post:AARC Member Leads Airway Safety InitiativeTelehealth is Right Here, Right Now for South Carolina RT
Anita Shuler gets ready to conduct a telehealth session with a student and school nurse at a local school. “Thank you so much for teaching me.” Anita Shuler, RRT, AE-C, regularly hears comments like that from the children she provides asthma education to via a telehealth initiative operated by the Medical University of South Carolina […]
Read the post:Telehealth is Right Here, Right Now for South Carolina RTAARC Provides Guidance to States Seeking an RRT Entry to Licensure
View the Guidelines Every new RT graduate out there today is eligible to sit for the written TMC exam, and based on test scores, qualify for the clinical simulation exam (CSE) to earn the RRT. But recently, there has been change in the licensure acts of some states with others currently under consideration. Three states […]
Read the post:AARC Provides Guidance to States Seeking an RRT Entry to LicensurePACT Members Have What It Takes
The AARC’s Political Advocacy Contact Team will be in Washington, DC, next Tuesday to lobby members of Congress on issues important to the respiratory care profession and the patients who depend on our care. Their main message: include RTs in any telehealth legislation that is introduced into Congress this year. Who are these PACT members […]
Read the post:PACT Members Have What It TakesCVS Cigarette Ban Linked to Higher Quit Rate
Did the CVS decision to quit selling tobacco products in its nationwide chain of pharmacies really do any good? Yes it did, report Rhode Island researchers publishing in the April edition of the American Journal of Public Health — at least among regular cigarette purchasers at CVS. Using data on household cigarette purchasing, they found […]
Read the post:CVS Cigarette Ban Linked to Higher Quit RateSupport Telehealth and Keep Those E-mails Flowing
We’re in the middle of our Virtual Lobby Week and we’re asking you to keep those e-mails flowing to your Members of Congress in support of telehealth. Your colleagues will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday, April 4 to ask Congressional leaders to include respiratory therapists in any telehealth legislation that is introduced into this Congress. […]
Read the post:Support Telehealth and Keep Those E-mails FlowingCanadian Cystic Fibrosis Patients Live Longer and This May Be Why
A new study funded by a grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation finds a disturbing difference in life expectancy between people with cystic fibrosis here in the U.S. and those in Canada. Specifically, Canadians with the disease live, on average, ten years longer than Americans with the condition. The study was based on a comparison […]
Read the post:Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Patients Live Longer and This May Be WhyThis is the Week to Celebrate Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Chronic lung disease patients depend on respiratory therapists to get them through the acute exacerbations caused by their conditions. But these patients need RTs to help them after the acute episode is over too, and that’s where pulmonary rehabilitation comes into play. These life-enhancing programs show patients how they can live well despite chronic lung […]
Read the post:This is the Week to Celebrate Pulmonary Rehabilitation