Articles by: AARC Staff
February 3, 2016
Share to Win and Help Raise Awareness of COPD
Photo courtesy of COPD: Highly Illogical – A Special Tribute to Leonard Nimoy. Leonard Nimoy did a lot to educate the public about COPD before he passed away from the disease last year. His daughter Julie and her husband David Knight are carrying on that mission through their film, COPD: Highly Illogical, and their “crowdsourcing”... Read more »
AARC Staff
February 2, 2016
RT Saves Life at Costco
Marisol Flynn was at Costco to buy cases of water for a couple of fundraisers, including this one at CareOne being held to support breast cancer research, when she heard the cries for help. Marisol Flynn, CRT, wasn’t thinking about saving a life when she went to her local Costco on Jan. 19. She was... Read more »
AARC Staff
February 2, 2016
AARC Members in the News | February 2016
Good Press: AARC Members in the News features AARC members who were recently noted, quoted and interviewed. Tammy Cates Chaffee Tommarello Scott Wiley Mary Curtis Debbie Farnham questions the value of e-cigarettes as a stop smoking aide in this article and video on Valley News Live out of Fargo, ND, noting that while they may be... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 27, 2016
Breathe Better Network Spells Opportunities for RTs
Disease management is quickly becoming a hallmark of high quality COPD care. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s COPD Learn More Breathe Better campaign is designed to help providers educate their patients about the disease, and organizations that sign up for the program’s Breathe Better Network have committed to using the campaign in that... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 27, 2016
CoARC Proposes Standards Revision to Reflect Shift to Bachelor’s Degrees
In keeping with the AARC’s recent Position Statement on Respiratory Therapist Education, the Commission on Accreditation of Respiratory Care (CoARC) has issued a proposed revision to its Accreditation Standards for Entry into Respiratory Care Professional Practice stating that “an educational sponsor must be a post-secondary academic institution accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 20, 2016
Two Ways to Support COPD Awareness: Nimoy Film, NHLBI Conference
As respiratory therapists, many of you care for COPD patients and support COPD awareness every day on the job. Now you can help these patients out in the wider world as well by supporting two new causes the AARC believes can have a significant impact on raising awareness of the condition and fostering better care... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 12, 2016
Good Press AARC Members in the News | January 2016
Good Press AARC Members in the News features AARC members who were recently noted, quoted and interviewed. Dina Lewis. Photo credit: Look inside KP Connie Dills Michael Ryan Dina Lewis is credited with saving a man’s life in this article in Look inside KP. “Dina deserves all the accolades in the world. I told her she... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 5, 2016
AARC Calls for a Shift to RT Bachelor’s Degree Programs
Respiratory care is quickly evolving from a profession based on the provision of individual components of care to one encompassing the higher order thinking skills needed to manage chronic respiratory disease patients across the continuum of care. To ensure the workforce is adequately prepared to meet the challenges it will face in terms of protocol-driven care... Read more »
AARC Staff
January 4, 2016
RCI Research Opportunity for AARC Members
As a member of the Clinical Advisory Committee for the Respiratory Compromise Institute (RCI), the AARC is working with like-minded groups and organizations to reduce the risk of respiratory compromise in settings ranging from the hospital to the home. In order to further that cause, the RCI is now seeking proposals for a structured literature... Read more »
AARC Staff
December 22, 2015
Good Press: AARC Members in the News
Good Press: AARC Members in the News features AARC members who were recently noted, quoted and interviewed. Janelle Gardiner Danny Van Ranken Jane Martin William Pollard Janelle Gardiner provides expert information on asthma in this article and video on the CBS-TV website out of Salt Lake City, UT. “It’s treatable and we have things we can... Read more »
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