Articles by: Debbie Bunch

November 2, 2023

AARC Members In The News | Growing in Profession, Respiratory Care Week, and More

AARC member Justin Rearick, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, was featured in an interview on msn.com about Respiratory Care Week and the role RTs play in health care. Read and Watch it Here AARC member Jennifer Anderson, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC, was featured in an article on msn.com about her RT program’s 30 year anniversary and... Read more »

 Debbie Bunch

October 30, 2023

Respiratory Care Currents

These COPD Patients Often Don’t Receive Guideline-Concordant Therapy After a Hospitalization A large study based on data from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration has found that people living in rural areas who are hospitalized with COPD are less likely to receive inhaler therapy in accordance with evidence based guidelines than others. The same was true... Read more »

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October 26, 2023

AARC Members In The News | Celebrating RC Week, sharing stories, and More

AARC members Midge Seim, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS, and Amanda Harris, RRT, were featured in an article and video on WCIA.com about respiratory therapists and the RC program at their local college that ran in honor of RC Week. Read and Watch it Here AARC members Dallas Aune, RRT, AE-C, and Wanda Sorum were featured in... Read more »

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October 19, 2023

AARC Members In The News | Growing, Respiratory Scholarships, and More

AARC member Paul Lowe, MPH, RRT, was featured in an article about two of his students who recently received the Professional Achievement in Respiratory Care scholarship from the Lawrence Respiratory Foundation. Read it Here  AARC member Brian Duvak, MBA, RRT, was featured in an article about his new position as director of respiratory therapy and... Read more »

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October 19, 2023

Why are Athletes Experiencing Cardiac Arrest and How Can RTs Help Prevent it?

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October 17, 2023

Respiratory Care Currents

This week's Respiratory Care Currents discusses a nasal spray recall, pregnancy and smoking, bronchieactasis risk, and donor lungs.

 Debbie Bunch

October 12, 2023

AARC Members In The News | Sharing RT Programs, Purifiers, and More

AARC member David Coswick, MPA, RRT, was featured in an article in The News-Herald about his RT program’s receipt of CoARC’s Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award for the fourth year in a row. Read it Here AARC member Mandy De Vries, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, was featured in an article on forbes.com about the best air... Read more »

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October 5, 2023

AARC Members in the News | Inspiring Health Careers, Asthma Clinics, Mask-Wearing Insights, and COVID-19 Expertise

member Kylie Christensen, RRT, was featured in an article on KGFW.com about a Health Science Explorers program aimed at getting kids interested in health care careers. Read it Here AARC member Jenny Miller, RRT, AE-C, was featured in an article in the Gillette News Record about a new asthma clinic she is helping to open... Read more »

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October 5, 2023

Mandy De Vries Says These Congress Sessions are Not to be Missed!

AARC Congress 2023 is just around the corner — Nov. 5-8 in Nashville, TN — and while attendees will be setting their agenda based on their own professional needs, Congress is a great time to branch out and sample lectures in areas outside of your personal comfort zone too. AARC Vice President of Education Mandy... Read more »

 Debbie Bunch

September 28, 2023

RC Currents

Single-Inhaler Extra-Fine Triple Therapy Plus Education Improves COPD Outcomes Researchers publishing in Respiratory Medicine have found that COPD patients who switched from dual- or multiple-inhaler therapy to single-inhaler extra-fine triple therapy and were educated on the correct way to use the inhaler experienced multiple improvements. The study was conducted among 126 patients with moderate-to-severe COPD.... Read more »

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