Thomas Lamphere BS RRT-ACCS RPFT FAARC, Irving TX

Are you a first-time attendee with unanswered questions about who to see, where to go, and what to expect from your first AARC Congress? If so, then attendance at this presentation is a MUST for you! This presentation provides first-time attendees with an overview of the entire AARC Congress and includes suggestions on how to maximize your time, not only at the educational session but also at the exhibits and peripheral activities as well.

Brian Cayko BS MBA RRT, Great Falls MT

This session will examine the need for a common pulmonary nomenclature for auscultation of lung sounds. This lecture will include an audio presentation and interactive audience polling using your mobile devices!

Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC, Boston MA

What is the best evidence? When do you trust a colleague and when do you need a randomized controlled trial? This lecture will describe an approach to the scientific method to facilitate decision-making based on evidence rather than anecdote.

David Vines MHS RRT FAARC, Chicago IL

Mechanical ventilation waveforms are essential for evaluating asynchrony. This talk will demonstrate the most common kinds of asynchrony and provide examples of each. Ventilator changes to alleviate asynchrony will be discussed.

Keith D Lamb RRT-ACCS FCCM, Des Moines IA

This lecture will describe ventilator waveforms that require additional maneuvers including pressure volume curves, flow volume curves, and evaluating stress index.

Thomas Lamphere BS RRT-ACCS RPFT FAARC, Sellersville PA

This lecture reviews adverse event reporting and how it relates to health care workers, and specifically, to a respiratory therapist. The reasons practitioners have difficulty in reporting events will be explored and up-to-date state/national statistics will be reviewed.

Crystal Dunlevy EdD RRT, Columbus OH

We cannot expect everyone to be culturally competent with every minority group (ethnic and otherwise), but we should all make an effort to be culturally sensitive and aware. This presentation will cover what questions to ask (and how to ask them) in order to make every patient feel like they are being heard and respected with regard to their cultural needs.

PRO: David Vines MHS RRT FAARC, Chicago IL
CON: John Davies BS MA RRT FCCP Durham NC

Asynchrony is common in mechanical ventilation and is associated with poor outcome. However, the effect is not causal. Is asynchrony a marker of illness or does asynchrony impact outcomes? Is the answer just to take the patient out of the equation? Early sedation and/or paralysis eliminates the WOB and makes asynchrony irrelevant. Or, is maintenance of spontaneous breathing and diaphragmatic function important to outcomes and matching the ventilator to patient demand to relieve asynchrony the key issue?

PRO: Carl Hinkson MS RRT-NPS RRT-ACCS FAARC, Marysville WA
CON: Daniel Rowley MS RRT-NPS RRT-ACCS FAARC Charlottesville VA

Early mobility has been touted as a major advantage in reducing delirium and shortening length of stay. But the implementation is a huge time and financial commitment. Does the most recent literature still support this procedure?

Jennifer Anderson EdD RRT-NPS, Wichita Falls TX

The death of a patient is emotionally and physically taxing on health care professionals. From a health care team perspective the bedside providers are likely to experience the highest degree of stress. This presentation will explore coping strategies that cannot be taught from a textbook.