Articles by: AARC Staff
January 12, 2015
Good Press: Members in the News
Anthony Everidge, Amy Barnes, and Christopher Andresky talk about the Sputum Bowl in this interview on the NPR website out of Arizona. The 11 minute segment does a great job of explaining just what our annual competition is and why RTs compete! The Sputum Bowl – along with the AARC Congress itself — was also... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 5, 2015
RTs Among Clinicians Named “Midlanders of the Year”
We’re all familiar with Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” Every year the editors of the Omaha, NE, World-Herald do a similar feature story on the person or persons who made the biggest impact on their community in the past 12 months, and in 2014 the honor went to the brave clinicians at the Nebraska... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 17, 2014
MA Medical Firm Fined for Using Unlicensed Personnel
The AARC has just learned that the Department of Justice has won a case in Massachusetts against a medical supplier that was using unlicensed personnel to provide sleep apnea and respiratory therapy equipment to home care patients and bill Medicare and Medicaid for these services. In this particular case, the supplier continued to use unlicensed... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 4, 2014
AARC Attends National Coalition on Opioid Patient Monitoring
AARC Keynote Address Join the Patient Safety Roundtable AARC was among the organizations represented at a recent coalition meeting on monitoring of patients on opioids, where respiratory therapists and this year’s AARC Congress Keynote Speaker were also featured. Held Nov. 13-14, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Foundation Healthcare Technology Safety Institute... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 4, 2014
Nebulizer Cleaning—Final State Survey Worksheets Released
Download The Surveyor Worksheet After almost two years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the final version of State Surveyor Worksheets that were part of a Pilot Safety Initiative regarding Hospital Conditions of Participation related to infection control. Of interest to respiratory therapists was the guideline surveyors were using as part of the... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 4, 2014
Good Press: AARC Members in the News
Jean Bellinghausen writes about her experiences caring for Ebola patients in the Nebraska Medical Center’s Biocontainment Unit in this article on the Live Well Nebraska website. “While wearing PPE, we always keep an eye out for each other,” she wrote. “If someone thinks you look tired, hot or need to sit down, they’ll make sure... Read more »
AARC Staff
August 14, 2014
AARC Urges FDA on Final Rule for Tobacco
AARC Letter to FDA Group Comments to FDA AARC was among 24 leading public health and medical organizations, which have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule to regulate all tobacco products by April 25, 2015. In addition, AARC submitted standalone comments to ask FDA to state that all tobacco products... Read more »
AARC Staff
August 11, 2014
Texas Sunset Commission Releases Report
The Texas Sunset Commission, which originally recommended the de-licensing of respiratory therapists in the state, is now recommending that the licensure of the profession come under the purview of the Texas State Medical Board. “This is exactly what we hoped for,” said TSRC president, Russell Graham. He and AARC/TSRC member Terry Gilmore were invited to... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 20, 2013
Silent Auction, Raffle Slated for Night at the Museum
With an array of historic respiratory equipment and other nostalgic memorabilia on display, the American Respiratory Care Foundation’s (ARCF) Night at the Museum Fundraiser Friday evening at the Anaheim Marriott is sure to be a great way to get into a respiratory frame of mind for the four days of continuing education to come during... Read more »
AARC Staff
November 14, 2013
Vote to Cure Alpha-1
AARC members have been supporting the Alpha-1 Foundation for many years, and now they need our help more than ever! Richard Johnson of St. Johns, FL, the father of two children with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, has been nominated for The NASCAR Foundation’s Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award. Johnson’s campaign to win the award can bring $100,000... Read more »
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