Articles tagged with: AARC Members
April 3, 2017
Telehealth 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 more »
March 28, 2017
Good Press: AARC Members in the News | May 2017
From left to right, Jason Elder, Shannon Edwards, Jose Bandek, Kayla Debich, and Cathy Bitsche. Tracy Cook Kasey Baldwin Deryl Gulliford Lynda Glagola Sheila Guidry Annie Welsch was honored by her local sheriff’s office for helping to save a little girl’s life after a car crash, reports this article in the Omaha, NE, World-Herald. “I’m... Read more »
March 8, 2017
COPD Foundation Founder Passes Away
Photo Courtesy of the COPD Foundation/Alpha 1 Foundation The AARC was saddened to learn of the death of COPD Foundation Founder and Director Emeritus John Walsh, who passed away on Tuesday after complications from an accident he suffered last year. According to the COPD Foundation, Walsh “lived each day pushing himself to advocate for those... Read more »
March 6, 2017
Good Press: AARC Members in the News | April 2017
From left to right: Ryan, Zach, Andrew, Scott, and Courtney Tracy Marquette LaShundra Key Ron Bacon RT students Courtney Webb, Scott McCully, Ryan Wiggins, Andrew Milton, and Zachary Quigley took part in a recent Flight for Air Climb event to raise funds for the American Lung Association (ALA), reports this article in the Eagle Tribune... Read more »
February 22, 2017
Alpha-1 Foundation honors John W. Walsh with title of Director Emeritus
The Alpha-1 Foundation has named its co-founder and long-time president and CEO, John Walsh, as director emeritus of the organization. Alpha-1 Foundation Co-founder and visionary John W. Walsh has been named a Director Emeritus of the Board of Directors at the February 3, 2017 Board meeting. “We have now passed the one-year anniversary of the... Read more »
February 8, 2017
Good Press: AARC Members in the News | March 2017
Dorothy Partin Ed Fluker Becky Anderson Andrew Rowe Mary Curtis Wayne Dyott Shawna Strickland Dorothy Partin and Ed Fluker are featured in this article on the WLRN website out of Orlando, FL, for their role in a free lung clinic designed to help people with asthma. Ed started the clinic after realizing patients in his... Read more »
January 19, 2017
AARC Member Co-Authors Safe Sleep Study in Pediatrics
Tammy Shikany and her colleagues suggest safe sleep for infants needs to be a higher priority for advertisers in a new study in Pediatrics. The American Academy of Pediatrics (APP) clearly states that extra bedding, blankets, bumper pads, pillows, stuffed animals and other toys should never be placed in the cribs of infants due to... Read more »
January 19, 2017
Good Press: AARC Members in the News | February
Lynda Glagola Jimmy McKanna Carla Conrad Lauren Pearlman Lynda Glagola has received the Mike South Award for her Lungs at Work clinic, which helps coal miners with black lung disease file disability claims, reports this article in the Washington, PA, Observer-Reporter. “I have no coal miners in my family at all,” Lynda was quoted as... Read more »
December 15, 2016
Good Press: AARC Members in the News | January
Mary Growtowski Leah Hendricks Mike Shoemaker Carmen Walser Debra Uhlenbrauck Darcy Ellefson Jessica MacDougall Brian Andrews explains how his Better Breathers Club is helping a 97-year-old World War II vet cope with his congestive heart failure in this article and video on the ABC-TV website out of Dallas, TX. “He’s in here Monday, Wednesday, and... Read more »
December 8, 2016
Utah Respiratory Therapist Receives Koga Medal for Work in Ghana
The physicians and nurses pictured here were trained to use the Fanem CPAP machine by Trujillo and her colleagues. When a Ghanaian student named Albert Ncancer came to the U.S. to study respiratory care at Weber State University in Ogden, UT, some ten years ago, Lisa Trujillo, DHSc, RRT, didn’t know any more about the... Read more »
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