Updated Aerosol Delivery Guides
Help Providers Deliver Best Care to Lung Patients
Note :
These guides are available at www.aarc.org/resources/aerosol_resources/
(Irving TX - June 17, 2013) The American Association
for Respiratory Care's popular guides on aerosol therapy have been revised
and are available for respiratory therapists, as well as other health
care providers who are interacting with patients who have lung problems.
A Guide to Aerosol Delivery Devices for
Respiratory Therapists is in its third edition.
Respiratory therapists receive extensive education in aerosol therapy,
so the comprehensive and detailed information in this book helps to
build on their mastery.
There is an art and a science to aerosol delivery, said George Gaebler, AARC president. Respiratory therapists can have
a profound impact on appropriately matching medications and delivery
devices to their patients' needs.
Continuing education credit is available for any respiratory
therapist who wants to read the guide and take a short test on its information.
It carries 6 hours of Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) and
is available for free download from the AARC's website. There is a nominal
fee for nonmembers of the AARC to take the CRCE test, but they may read
the book for free.
A Guide to Aerosol Delivery Devices for
Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, and Other Health Care Professionals
is available as a free download from the AARC
site. This guide was developed to provide the non-respiratory therapist
with a comprehensive, step-by-step application for aerosol delivery
devices used with patients who have chronic respiratory diseases.
Both books, as well as an aerosol guide for patients,
are available at www.aarc.org/resources/aerosol_resources/
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About the AARC
The American Association for
Respiratory Care is a 52,000 member professional association
of respiratory care professionals. The organization is dedicated to
encouraging and promoting professional excellence, advancing the science
of respiratory care, and serving as an advocate for patients, their
families and the public.
Further information about the AARC and how to become
a respiratory therapist are available at: www.AARC.org
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Contact: Sherry Milligan
972-406-4656
milligan@aarc.org