| Session |
Presenter |
| The RT as Case Manager in the Home Setting: Connecting the Dots |
Kim Wiles |
| Noninvasive Monitoring of the Child in Respiratory Distress |
Cynthia White |
| The China Experience |
Cynthia White |
| A Clinician's Guide to Individualizing the Ventilator Prescription |
David Wheeler |
| The Human Lung Lab |
David Wheeler |
| Permissive Hypercapnia: How High Is Too High? |
Brian Walsh |
| Getting Active in Advocacy and Research |
John Walsh |
| Alternative Aerosol Therapy |
Brian Walsh |
| Alternative NIV Modes: Ready for Primetime or Not? |
Brian Walsh |
| Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going? |
Brian Walsh |
| Therapist as Consultant |
Teresa Volsko |
| Year in Review: Cystic Fibrosis |
Teresa Volsko |
| The Scientific Basis for Airway Clearance Techniques |
Teresa Volsko |
| Did You Achieve Your Goal? Outcomes Assessment |
Sarah Varekojis |
| Planning Your Trip to the Moon: Pursuing Unique Opportunities |
Lisa Trujillo |
| Research with a Global Reach: PFT Research in Obscure Environments |
Lisa Trujillo |
| Sleep Apnea in the Preoperative Setting; How to Develop an Effective Detection and Management Program |
Sheri Tooley |
| Competency Assessment for Sleep Personnel |
Sheri Tooley |
| The Program Credential (AASM, ACHC, TJC): Similarities and Differences |
Sheri Tooley |
| Seize the Opportunity: Teachable Moments for the COPD Patient During Hospitalization |
Byron Thomashow |
| Developing Relationships with Physicians - The RT Perspective |
Jan Thalman |
| Succession Planning: Preparing Your Staff to Replace You |
Jan Thalman |
| Alternative Airway Challenge Methods: Isocapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation and Cold Air |
Ralph Stumbo Jr |
| Shared Governance, a Multidisciplinary Approach |
Regenia Stull |
| How to "Manage Up" |
Regenia Stull |
| The Role of Ethical Decision-Making in Multifaceted Emergenices |
Shawna Strickland |
| Delivering the Goods: Teaching Techniques |
Shawna Strickland |
| Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Inherited But No Less Serious |
James Stoller |
| The Scientific Basis for Protocol-Directed Respiratory Care |
James Stoller |
| So, What Have We Learned So Far? |
Greg Spratt Spratt |
| Surfing the Wave of the Silver Tsunami |
Helen Sorenson |
| Palliative Care and Dyspnea: Management of the End-Stage COPD Patient |
Helen Sorenson |
| Evidence-Based Medicine: Applying Evidence to Your Practice |
Roger Soll |
| Reducing Chronic Lung Disease: Impact of Collaborative Quality Improvement |
Roger Soll |
| No Sleeping in the Break Room…Managing Fatigue in the Workplace |
Karla Smith |
| Wake Up Before you Kill Someone! |
Karla Smith |
| Sepsis and the Role of the RT |
Lesley Smith |
| Competency-based Standards for Respiratory Care Education |
Thomas Smalling |
| Accreditation and Credentialing Pathways for Sleep Specialists |
Thomas Smalling |
| Competency-Based Standards for Sleep Disorders Specialist Education |
Thomas Smalling |
| Critical Issues in the Transport of Critically Ill Patients |
Steven Sittig |
| Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment |
Mark Siobal |
| Methods of Incorporating Critical Thinking in Your Curriculum |
David Shelledy |
| Research Is Not a Bad Word: Infustion of Research as a Standard in RT Training |
Georgianna Sergakis |
| Health Literacy |
Georgianna Sergakis |
| Wrap Up - An Overview of Palliative Care |
Paul Selecky |
| Sleep Disorders in Women |
Paul Selecky |
| Chronic Sleep Deprivation: All in the Family |
Paul Selecky |
| Safety in the Sleep Lab |
Crintz Scott |
| Working Nights: Same Shift, Different Day |
Crintz Scott |
| Challenges in Medical Transport: Capnography |
Wade Scoles |
| Challenges in Medical Transport: Ventilation |
Wade Scoles |
| Portable Sleep Studies |
Jessica Schweller |
| Sleep Apnea in the Bariatric Population |
Jessica Schweller |
| The Necessary Skills for Your Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program |
June Schulz |
| Exercising the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension |
June Schulz |
| The Brazil Experience |
Edward Schneider |
| Nutritional Support of the Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patient |
Ulrich Schmidt |
| Networking for Career Success |
Colleen Schabacker |
| iNO and Premature Infants: A Critical Appraisal |
John Salyer |
| Creating the Business Plan |
Frank Salvatore |
| Airway Resistance Measurments Using Body Plethysmography - Gold Standard or Old Standard |
Gregg Ruppel |
| Respiratory Therapists and Mass Casualty Care: Getting Involved |
Lewis Rubinson |
| Critical Care in Disaster Response |
Lewis Rubinson |
| Current State of Severe Asthma |
Bruce Rubin |
| Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Asthma: Friend or Fallacy |
Bruce Rubin |
| Oxygenation: A Moving Target per Diagnosis |
Lois Rowland |
| Deployment as Part of an NDMS DMAT |
Alan Roth |
| Respiratory Care Practitioners Working in Developing Countries |
Alan Roth |
| Becoming a Professional in Respiratory Care |
Toni Rodriguez |
| Year in Review: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Stephen Rennard |
| Coaching for Improved Work Performance |
Scott Reistad |
| Growing Your Leadership Skills |
Scott Reistad |
| Leading Without a Title |
Scott Reistad |
| Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Patient |
Jenni Raake |
| Off-label Use of iNO: Clinical and Financial Implications |
Jenni Raake |
| Staying Connected - The Challenge of Communication |
Jan Phillips-Clar |
| Allocating Resources through Creative Scheduling |
Jan Phillips-Clar |
| A Unique Inside Look into the Life of a CF Patient: From the Patient and RRT Perspective |
Jeremy Parks |
| Should Cooling and CO2 Removal Be Included in the Treatment of Severe ARDS |
Peter Papadakos |
| Ventilator-Induced Surfactant Dysfunction |
Peter Papadakos |
| Chronic Critical Illness Syndrome and the Long-Term Acute Care RT |
Ralph Orange |
| Circulatory Support: Not Just for Adults Anymore! |
George Ofori-Amanfo |
| Does Your Ventilatory Strategy Affect the Heart? |
George Ofori-Amanfo |
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Long-Term Health Consequences, Drowsiness Aside |
James O'Brien |
| Sleep and Critical Care |
James O'Brien |
| Breath Hydrogen Testing - Is This a Diagnostic Test Our Lab Should Offer? |
Matthew O'Brien |
| Assessing the Cause of Dyspnea in the Teenager: There's a Test for That |
Matthew O'Brien |
| Understanding the Basics of Impulse Oscillometry (IOS) |
Matthew O'Brien |
| Physiologic Benefits of Inhaled Carbon Monoxide |
Paul Nuccio |
| Closed-loop LTOT: A New Era or a Passing Fad? |
Stefano Nava |
| 38th Donald F Egan Scientific Memorial Lecture - Behind a Mask: Tricks, Pitfalls and Prejudices for Noninvasive Ventilation - "You Are Wearing a Mask and You Look Better that Way" Iggy Pop (the Mask) |
Stefano Nava |
| Keynote Address |
John Nance |
| Lessons Learned from Normal Breathing at Rest and During Exercise |
Bhiken Naik |
| What Happened to the "Sigh" in Mechanical Ventilation? |
Bhiken Naik |
| Year in Review: Asthma |
Timothy Myers |
| The Scientific Basis for the Selection of an Aerosol Delivery Device |
Timothy Myers |
| 28th Phil Kittredge Memorial Lecture - Thinking Outside the Box: Moving the Profession Beyond the Hospital Walls |
Timothy Myers |
| How to Evaluate Students in the Classroom - an Accreditor's Perspective |
Pat Munzer |
| Airway Graphics |
Rory Mulling |
| Alternatives to Inhaled Nitric Oxide |
Rory Mullin |
| Could This be Vocal Cord Dysfunction? |
Carl Mottram |
| Is Your Department Ready? Challenges in the Face of Mass Casualty Ventialtor Deployment |
Kathy Moss |
| Mannitol Challenge Testing: What's New and Lessons Learned |
Ellen Moran |
| Ultrasound for the Respiratory Care Practitioner |
Andrew Miller |
| Venous Blood Gases: Friend or Foe? |
Andrew Miller |
| Using "Rule of Two"TM for Assessing Athma Control |
Mark Millard |
| Six-Minute Walk vs. Control Work Rate: Measuring COPD Outcomes |
Mark Millard |
| Ensuring Effective Operations |
Camden McLaughlin |
| Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Arterial hypertension (PAH) |
Avery McKee |
| Oxygen Conseving Delivery Devices: What Have We Learned? |
Robert McCoy |
| Finding a Way in Spite of the Obstacles |
Robert McCoy |
| Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Expanded Role for Respriatory Therapists |
Andrew Mazzoli |
| Is Overlapping Asthma and COPD an Orphan Disease? |
David Mannino |
| Improving Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events in Adults |
Shelley Magill |
| What Have We Learned From Our Patients? |
Nicholas Macmillan |
| Do Full Feature Ventilators Add Value? |
Neil MacIntyre, Dean R Hess |
| ECMO: Not Just for Kids Anymore! |
Neil MacIntyre |
| Oxygen: Summary of the Respiratory Care Journal Conference |
Neil MacIntyre |
| Developing Relationships with Respiratory Therapists - The Medical Director Perspective |
Neil MacIntyre |
| Gas Exchange Targets During Mechanical Ventilation |
Neil MacIntyre |
| Pediatric Acute Lung Injury |
Peter Luckett |
| Indications for Noninvasive Ventilation |
Peter Luckett |
| Keeping Your PR Program Vital - Building Your Business |
Trina Limberg |
| Pulmonary Rehab: What You Should Know About Caring for the Aged Patient |
Trina Limberg |
| Resources to Assist Students in Preparing for Credentialing Success |
Bradley Leidich |
| Sleep Medicine: A Physician's Perspective |
Neale Lange |
| Reporting of Adverse Events: Priority One! |
Thomas Lamphere |
| New Roles for RTs: Improving Quality and the Bottom Line |
Thomas Lamphere |
| Mass Casualty Burn Care |
Keith Lamb |
| Sustaining the Role of the RT in Sub-Acute Care |
Joseph Kretz |
| Structuring a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program |
Debra Koehl |
| Exercising the Patient with Pulmonary Fibrosis |
Debra Koehl |
| Exercising the Patient with COPD |
Debra Koehl |
| When Things Go Wrong: What Would You Do? |
Angela King |
| Educating the COPD Patient at Home: What Works, What Doesn't and Why |
Louis Kaufman |
| Keeping It Simple: Challenges in Teaching Newer LTOT Technology to Patients |
Louis Kaufman |
| Proving the Value of RT Services: What Does the Evidence Say? |
Garry Kauffman |
| Promoting Your Services From the Front Line: What to Say and Who to Tell! |
Garry Kauffman |
| Routine Respiratory Care: Should It Be Done by the Respiratory Therapist? |
Garry Kauffman, Timothy R Myers |
| Resistance Occlusion (ROCC): How Does this Method Compare to Other Techniques? |
David Kaminsky |
| What Tidal Volume Should Be Used? |
Richard Kallet |
| Year in Review: Invasive Mechanical Ventilation |
Ricahrd Kallet |
| Adult Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Care: Summary of the Respiratory Care journal Conference |
Richard Kallet |
| Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators: Adult Applications |
Robert Kacmarek |
| What's New with Heliox? |
Robert Kacmarek |
| Are New Ventilator Modes Lung Protective? |
Robert Kacmarek |
| Neonatal Oxygenation: Hitting the Sweet Spot |
Nancy Johnson |
| Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies |
Nancy Johnson |
| Pulmonary Hypertension in the Neonatal Patient |
Nancy Johnson |
| Standing on the Precipice: What Do You Need to Know? |
Gary Jeromin |
| Explosion/Blast Injuries: Mechanisms & Treatment |
Joe Hylton |
| Are Neuromuscular Blockers Helpful in ARDS? |
William Hurford |
| The Berlin Definitation of ARDS |
William Hurford |
| Understanding Reimbursement Issues in Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
Anne Marie Hummel |
| Zip Line Leadership: Health Care Delivery Transformations |
Stan Holland |
| Fireproof Leadership through Stewardship and Accountability |
Stan Holland |
| Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Needed Now More Than Ever! |
Cheryl Hoerr |
| Creating a Culture of Accountability |
Cheryl Hoerr |
| Cost Containment in the Changing Healthcare Environment - Are You Focused on the Right Things? |
Cheryl Hoerr |
| Esophogeal Pressure Monitoring |
Carl Hinkson |
| Early Mobility in the ICU |
Carl Hinkson |
| Roundtable: Questions for the Editors |
Dean Hess, Ricahrd D Branson |
| The Current State of the Journal |
Dean Hess |
| The Best 5 Case Reports Published in Respiratory Care in 2012 |
Dean Hess |
| Year in Review: Noninvasive Ventilation |
Dean Hess |
| Science and Evidence: Seperating Fact from Fiction |
Dean Hess |
| Be Seen, Not Overlooked: 10 Value-Added Ideas to Show Your Worth |
Suzan Herzig |
| After "Fat Tuesday" |
Suzan Herzig |
| Preparing and Training Respiratory Therapist for the Skills Required in Outpatient Management |
Mary Hart |
| Current Practices in Severe Exercise-Induced Hypoxemia and Devices Used for Management |
Mary Hart |
| Addressing End-of-Life Care in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program |
Mary Hart |
| Overview of Clinical Simulation |
Roberta Hales |
| Performing a Needs Assessment for Your Institution |
Roberta Hales |
| Selling the Sizzle: How to Communicate the Value of Untraditional Roles to the C-Suite |
Mary Lou Guy |
| It's Never Really Over: Continuing Your Education |
Lynda Goodfellow |
| Airway Mechanics |
Michael Gentile |
| Assessment Exercise, Safety and Adjuncts to Care |
Chris Garvey |
| Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Pathophysiology and Treatment |
Chris Garvey |
| The Role of the "Middle Space" in Reducing 30-day Readmissions |
Gene Gantt |
| Getting Credentialed (Part I): An Overview of Professional Credentials |
Bill Galvin |
| Getting Credentialed (Part II): Success on the Written Exams |
Bill Galvin |
| What Do You Want to Achieve? Needs Assessment and Setting Objectives |
Bill Galvin |
| Developing Your Skills as a Patient Educator |
Bill Galvin |
| Cardiovascular Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
Amado X Freire |
| Data Management for the RT Manager |
Ricahrd Ford |
| Pro-Con: Clinical ladder - Does a Truly Professional Workforce Need It? |
Richard Ford, Brian K Walsh |
| So Where Do We Cut the Fat Without Cutting Services? |
Richard Ford |
| How Did I Get Here? |
Garner Faulkner |
| The "A" Team: How Do I Make the Roster? |
Garner Faulkner |
| Have New Noninvasive Modalities Reduced the Incidence of BPD? |
Jonathan Fanaroff |
| Long-term Outcomes: The Real Story |
Jonathan Fanaroff |
| Making the Most of Change: A Survivial Guide for Beside RCPs |
Dana Evans |
| Asthma: Current Evidence for Emergency Department Management |
Dana Evans |
| Developing Standards of Care in an Era of Incentives and Penalties |
Dan Easley |
| Reducing Readmissions with RT Interventions: A Decade of Success with COPD/Asthma RT Case Managers |
Joe Dwan |
| Are We Harming Normal Lungs with Conventional Ventilator Settings? |
Charles Durbin Jr |
| Professor's Rounds: Critically Ill Children - What Do They Teach Us About Caring for All Patients? |
Charles Durbin Jr |
| Mechanisms to Reduce Healthcare Disparities |
Crystal Dunlevy |
| Healthcare Disparities |
Crystal Dunlevy |
| AARC Uniform Reporting Manual |
Bill Dubbs |
| Productivity and Benchmarking |
Bill Dubbs |
| From Referral to Arrival…Behind the Scenes of a Transport Call |
Tabatha Dragonberry |
| iNO Delivery During NIV: Is What You Set What You Get? |
Robert DiBlasi |
| The Vietnam, India, and Egypt Experience |
Robert DiBlasi |
| Crossing into the Pediatric World: Treating BPD from a Pediatric Perspective |
Kathleen Deakins |
| Diagnosing BPD in 2012: Anything New? |
Kathleen Deakins |
| Airway Clearance: Is It Worth the Effort? |
Kathleen Deakins |
| Optimizng Outcomes for Lung Transplant Recipients |
Jeffrey Davis |
| Are We Ventilating People to Death? |
Dan Davis |
| The Potential Use of Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI as an Imaging Tool for Ventilation |
John Davies |
| What Are the Different Types of Research Projects in Which RTs Can Play a Vital Role? From Bench to Publication |
John Davies |
| How to Come Up with a Good Research Question and What to Do with It |
John Davies |
| Advances in COPD Research |
James Crapo |
| Tidal Volume Determination for Neonatal Ventilation |
Sherry Courtney |
| Neonatal Ventilation |
Sherry Courtney |
| Permissive Hypoxemia: How Low Is Too Low? |
Ira Cheifetz |
| The Institutional Review Board - What Is It and How Does It Help Guide Research |
Robert Chatburn |
| Optimizing the Patient-Ventilator Interaction |
Robert Chatburn |
| Taking a Leadership Role in Patient Population Management |
Jon Carlson |
| Policy and Procedure Formats That Improve Care and Empower RTs |
Jon Carlson |
| What's New in Pulmonary Rehabilitation?: The Updated (2012) ATS/ERS Guidelines |
Brian Carlin |
| The Successful Hospital-to Home Transition: Risk Factors & Treatment Strategies |
Brian Carlin |
| Providing Optimal Assessment and Training of the Elderly Patient in Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
Brian Carlin |
| The Personal Credential (BRPT, NBRC, AMSM credentials): Similarities and Differences |
Brian Carlin |
| Reducing Perioperative Morbidity for the OSA Patient: Developing an Effective Management Program |
Brian Carliln |
| Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk? |
Thomas Cahill |
| Pediatric Patients |
Thomas Cahill |
| Early Warning Signs in Pediatric Transport |
Ami Brownlee |
| Non-Accidental Trauma in Pedatrics |
Ami Brownlee |
| Managing the "Pediatric Adult" Patient |
Joel Brown |
| RT-Driven Discharge Planning for COPD Patients |
Gary Brown, Becky K Anderson |
| Interstate Licensure: What You Need to Know Before You Cross the Line |
Alex Brendel |
| How is PEEP Selected for Patients with ALI/ARDS? |
Richard Branson |
| Moving New and Emerging Technology from Laboratory to Bedside: The Use of Therapeutic Intrathoracic Pressure Regulation (TIPR) for the Apneic Hypotensive Patient |
Richard Branson |
| The Scientific Basis for Post-Operative Respiratory Care |
Richard Branson |
| The Best 5 Research Papers Published in Respiratory Care in 2012 |
Ricahrd Branson |
| Adult Patients |
Ronda Bradley |
| Making It Happen: Training Strategies for Ensuring Competency |
Ronda Bradley |
| Sleep Disorders in Children |
Suzanne Bollig |
| Sleep in Women: What Is Normal? |
Suzanne Bollig |
| Year in Review: Sleep-Disordered Breathing |
Suzanne Bollig |
| Hyperbaric Medicine: Physiology and Clinical Application |
Clifford Boehm |
| The Scientific Basis for Oxygen Therapy in the Hospitalized Patient |
Chris Blakeman |
| The ABCs of Performing a Shunt Study |
Mary Jo Biebl-Yahnke |
| Neonatal Respiratory Care "The Africa Experience" |
Maneesh Batra |
| Respiratory's Role in the incident Command System |
Mark Babic |
| What to Do When the People You Work With Drive You Crazy |
Mark Babic |
| Inhaled Volatile Anesthetics |
John Arnold |
| The Difficult Pediatric Airway: Tricks of the Trade |
John Arnold |
| Educating Patients and Families About End-of-Life Care: Who, When and How |
Robert Aranson |
| Controlling Nosocomial Infections in the Post-Acute Care Setting |
Eric Anderson |
| How a Respiratory Therapist Can Drive Health Systems Change and Improve Quality |
Dawn Aberle |
