Articles tagged with: Chronic Disease
November 8, 2018
Developing an Inpatient Education Program
Equipping your patients with the skills and knowledge to better manage and understand their diseases, such as COPD, establishes a strong partnership in their health care. Developing an inpatient education program helps make this possible. AARC Member Kim Bennion, MsHS, RRT, CH, shares her tips for helping your patients Discovering the need for inpatient education... Read more »
October 10, 2018
Big Ideas Theater: Using Prone Positioning in Moderate ARDS
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Thomas Piriano, RRT, discusses the prone positioning used in moderate ARDS as well as new study evidence that supports this treatment. Watch More Big Ideas Theater Piriano addresses the debate surrounding prone positioning in moderate ARDS, explaining how category definition of mild,... Read more »
October 2, 2018
COPD Foundation Recruiting Patients for New Overlap Study
Many people with COPD also live with obstructive sleep apnea, or (OSA). Separately, COPD and OSA contribute to the mortality of hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. However, when OSA coexists with COPD it is referred to as “Overlap Syndrome.” Proper use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, or sleep mask, is crucial... Read more »
September 26, 2018
Big Ideas Theater, Episode 20: Guidelines for Ventilation of ARDS
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Richard Branson, MSC, RRT, discusses the importance of evidence-based care and guidelines for ventilation of ARDS. Watch More Big Ideas Theater “Respiratory therapists, like all health care professionals, need to learn to operate on best evidence,” Branson said. “And best evidence is... Read more »
September 12, 2018
What RTs Need to Know about Pulmonary Fibrosis
According to the National Institutes of Health, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare disease with a worldwide prevalence of 13-20 per 100,000 people. About 100,000 people in the U.S. suffer from the condition, and about 30,000-40,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Given its low prevalence, many RTs may not be fully up to... 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 »
May 30, 2018
Environmental Influence on Asthma
With May being Allergy & Asthma Month, we reached out to Tracey Mitchell, RRT, AE-C, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to share her expertise on environmental factors and asthma, along with tips on how you can best help your patients. “May is Asthma Awareness Month and a great time to learn more about how... Read more »
May 8, 2018
Another Reason Why RTs Should Encourage Exercise in Children with Asthma
A new study conducted by researchers in New Zealand suggests people who are more physically fit in childhood and adolescence have better lung function later in life. Published in the European Respiratory Journal, the study was conducted among 2,406 children who were assessed for physical fitness and lung function several times as they grew up and... Read more »
March 7, 2018
Big Ideas Theater, Episode 9: COPD and Pulmonary Rehab
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel discusses COPD and the value of pulmonary rehab for patients. The conversation opens with the statistic that there are about 30 million Americans with COPD, but only about 16 million have been diagnosed. Dorney-Koppel explains that this discrepancy... Read more »
February 14, 2018
RT Role in Marriage Proposal Featured on Megyn Kelly TODAY
RTs Shelly Asher, far left and Margaret Gill, far right, from Community Howard Regional Health hospital, helped Don Smith pop the question to Krystal Shaffer in December of 2016. Lots of good things happen every day in pulmonary rehabilitation programs, but given the age and health of most PR participants, marriage proposals are not among... Read more »
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