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Julie Forbes stepped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver on a neighbor who was choking badly on a shrimp, and her calm command of the situation was applauded in this article in the Fredericksburg, VA, News. The ordeal earned her new respect from her daughter Katie as well, who was quoted as saying, “I just witnessed my mom saving a life.”
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Community colleges in California may soon be offering bachelor’s degrees, and Ric Perez believes it’s a step in the right direction. “I think it’s a fine idea,” he was quoted as saying in this article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Raymond Hernandez says his college is currently working to become one of 15 in California that will initially be approved to offer four year degrees, and he’d like to see respiratory therapy targeted as one of the programs. Most RT programs already require more units to graduate than the number required to earn an associate’s degree, he noted in this article in the Skyline View published by Skyline Community College.
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Beverly Jacoby was planning to deliver a free smoking cessation program in her community and the course was announced in this article in the New Canaan, CT, News.
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Diane DeClerck raises butterflies for her pulmonary rehabilitation patients to set free to mark milestones in their care and this article in C&G News out of Michigan explains how and why she does it. “It’s healing and makes the person feel real good,” she was quoted as saying. “I feel really good when I come back the next day and they tell me what it did for them.”
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Ron Bacon explains how an internship in the state legislature can help young people build their careers in this article on the Warrick Publishing website out of Boonville, IN. Ron represents House District 75 in the Indiana House of Representatives.
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Jerry Coleman is noted as an instructor in the medical office assistant program at a local high school in this article in the Marysville, KS, Advocate. Jerry has been an RT at a local hospital for 38 years.
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Kim Chuculate will accept a Special Recognition Award for Tribal Partnership from the Indian Health Service in November, recognizing her leadership in spearheading a project with eight Cherokee Nation tribes to secure funds to build a new 52,000 square foot health facility in Oklahoma, reports this article on Cherokee.org.
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Bruce Estrem talks about his job as manager of clinical education for a pediatric home service in this article in the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis, MN. “The clinical education role kind of just evolved,” he was quoted as saying. “We had nursing agencies call asking for training. I said ‘I’m available today.’ That has morphed into a full-time position.”
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Walt Wilson and his students have been helping to organize an annual Great Strides 5K to benefit cystic fibrosis since 2010, reports this article in the Natchez, MS, Democrat on the 2014 event. “We started out with 30 walkers,” he was quoted as saying. “Now it has grown to well over a 100.”
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Dan Easley comments on his company’s disease management program for COPD patients in this article in the Pittsburgh Business Times. The company has been able to reduce readmission rates for these patients to 5-8%.
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Harold Oglesby explains how he and his colleagues are using capnography monitoring to protect their patients from opioid-related adverse outcomes in this article on the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety website. Harold’s hospital is celebrating ten years without a single adverse outcome in this area of care.
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Racquel Rockey was planning to offer a free introductory session on smoking cessation in honor of National Respiratory Care Week and the news was covered in this article in the Beloit, IL, Daily News.
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Tiffani Earl explains why she decided to pursue a respiratory therapy degree in this article and video on the NBC-TV website out of Washington, DC. "I have kids so I want to go into a career that I know I'm going to be stable in," she was quoted as saying.
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Steve Greubel is pictured doing an intubation on a simulated infant in this article in the Evansville, IN, Courier & Press about changes underway in Indiana to improve the infant mortality rate.
