Articles by: Heather Willden
December 11, 2017
Her Own Experience with ARDS Led this Attorney to Co-Found the ARDS Foundation
ARDS survivors tell their stories in the Foundation’s Voices of ARDS campaign. Eileen Rubin is making a difference for patients and families dealing with ARDS. Positive and negative experiences make lasting memories, shaping and directing our future decisions and planning. Keeping our focus on delivering genuine care to patients will help them better understand their... Read more »
Heather Willden
December 7, 2017
Enhance Team Training with Current Topics 2020
Each year the AARC produces Current Topics in Respiratory Care, an eight-disc DVD team training video series that provides continuing education for recent scientific advancements and evidence-based practices in respiratory care. Each program concludes with a test which, when completed successfully, will earn the team member one hour of CRCE credit. Presented by the leaders... Read more »
Heather Willden
December 6, 2017
ICRC Governor for India Shares Thoughts New Delhi Air Quality Crisis
New Delhi, India. Air pollution is a problem for many cities around the world, but New Delhi, India has had more than its fair share over the past month. Residents first noticed a thick white haze settling over their city in early November and it only got worse from there. Events were cancelled and emergency... Read more »
Heather Willden
December 6, 2017
Moving the Profession Forward: Degree Advancement
In 2015, the AARC established a goal calling for 80 percent of RTs to have, or be working toward, a bachelor’s degree by 2020. The AARC provides resources and tools to help individuals and educational programs achieve this initiative. Individual degree advancement Respiratory therapy degree advancement programs provide a pathway for respiratory therapists who have... Read more »
Heather Willden
December 6, 2017
Student Perspective: Gessilda C. Galang
The Benefits of the AARC House of Delegates and International Congress to RT students By Gessilda C. Galang Gessilda C. Galang Meeting with the AARC House of Delegates (HOD) was an eye-opening experience. It gave me a platform to interact with reputable professionals in my field and learn about the further prospects in my career.... Read more »
Heather Willden
November 29, 2017
Catching Up With Melvin G. Martin, AARC President 1987
“As I look upon my career, the most consistent element has been to be a provider of education in all my divergent professional roles.” Melvin G. Martin The role of the AARC President is to be the chief executive officer of the association. Since 1948, the AARC has had 60 presidents to lead, guide... Read more »
Heather Willden
November 28, 2017
Clinical Guideline Team Kicks Off
A team of AARC members from across North America embarked on a new clinical practice guideline development program earlier this November. Their work will continue through the next year and they have set publication goals of 2019. Clinical Guideline Team members hard at work during their kick-off workshop. This effort is made possible by the... Read more »
Heather Willden
November 28, 2017
4 COPD Questions for Dr. Meilan Han
As medical director of the Women’s Respiratory Health Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and an investigator for the COPDGene study and the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures In COPD study, Meilan Han, MD, MS, is intimately familiar with the needs of the COPD population. She addressed many of those concerns during... Read more »
Heather Willden
November 27, 2017
Tobacco Companies to Run Court-Ordered Ads Telling the Truth about their Deadly Products
Ads Show Why We Need Strong Action to Fight Tobacco Use Starting Nov. 26, the major U.S. tobacco companies have to run ads nationally telling the American people the truth about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke. A federal court in 2006 ordered the companies to make these “corrective statements” after finding them... Read more »
Heather Willden
November 21, 2017
Special COPD Broadcast: “Remembering Leonard”
Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015 During the month of November, PBS is airing a special film: “Remembering Leonard.” This film looks at the life and legacy of Leonard Nimoy and his battle with COPD. The documentary was produced and directed by Nimoy’s daughter, Julie, and son-in-law, David Knight. Nimoy, best known for playing the role of Spock in... Read more »
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