Articles tagged with: AARC News
August 15, 2018
The NBRC Video Series: NBRC Credentials and How to Earn Them
https://youtu.be/s9g6_ZPpjnI In our second NBRC video, Lori Tinkler, MBA, goes over the credentials offered by the NBRC and why respiratory therapists should pursue them. “Earning an NBRC credential is a true testament to the skills and strengths required for excellence in the profession,” said Tinkler, who is CEO of the NBRC. She goes on to... Read more »
August 1, 2018
Current Topics in Respiratory Care 2018: Episode 6 Now Available
Meeting the Challenge of COPD Care in the US: Access and Potential Solutions This episode of the Current Topics in Respiratory Care video series features MeiLan Han MD, MS, discussing COPD. Dr. Han addresses the fact that COPD is a leading cause of death in the U.S., and yet it remains underdiagnosed and access to... Read more »
July 31, 2018
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, making this a great opportunity to remind your patients to get their appropriate vaccines. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thousands of American adults get sick each year from diseases that vaccines can prevent. For patients with asthma or COPD, vaccines are an important step... Read more »
July 25, 2018
Get Up to Speed on RT Credentialing with NBRC Videos
Everyone knows you need to pass the CRT exam – or in a growing number of states now, the RRT exam – to earn your license to practice respiratory care. But other aspects of the credentialing system that governs our profession are less clear to a lot of RTs. The NBRC is hoping to shed... Read more »
July 3, 2018
Current Topics in Respiratory Care 2018: Episode 5 Now Available
The Use of Noninvasive Ventilation at the End of Life Focused on the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) at the end of life, this episode of the Current Topics in Respiratory Care video series features AARC Associate Executive Director Shawna Strickland PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, sharing insight on how some clinicians advocate for... Read more »
June 13, 2018
Keeping the COPD National Action Plan a Priority
Is your facility working on goals related to the COPD National Action Plan? To help the COPD National Action Plan maximize its effectiveness and reach its goals, respiratory therapists need to learn the plan and how to apply it in their daily work with patients. “RTs need to download the plan and make sure they’re... Read more »
June 7, 2018
Google Doodle Honors Dr. Virginia Apgar – Here’s the AARC Connection
Source: Wikimedia Commons If you went to the Google search page today you saw a picture of a female doctor and a tiny baby, along with the word “APGAR”. Today’s “Google Doodle” honors Dr. Virginia Apgar on what would have been her 109th birthday. Many respiratory therapists know her as the physician who established the Apgar... Read more »
June 6, 2018
Current Topics in Respiratory Care 2018: Episode 4 Now Available
Ventilator Discontinuation: The Evidence Base, Guidelines, and “Best Practice” Focused on ventilator discontinuation, this episode of the Current Topics in Respiratory Care video series features Neil MacIntyre MD, FAARC, sharing insight into what RT COPD case managers at UC Davis have been doing to improve patient education. He also discusses what they are doing to... Read more »
May 30, 2018
Asthma in the Workplace: What RTs with Asthma Have to Say
A new report from the CDC shines a light on asthma in the workplace. Overall, the report finds 6.8 percent of employed adults have asthma — some 11 million people. The highest prevalence occurs in the health care and social assistance industries, where 8.8% suffer from the condition. The prevalence of asthma among respiratory therapists... Read more »
May 9, 2018
Big Ideas Theater, Episode 13: Indy Driver TJ Fischer Talks Asthma
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Indy Lites Racer and Asthma Advocate TJ Fischer shares his insight and perspective on living with asthma and learning to control it. A lifelong asthmatic, Fischer opens the discussion sharing his experience of having an asthma attack while driving in a race... Read more »
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