Mandy De Vries

Identified especially for students by AARC Director of Education Mandy De Vries, MS – RCL/Ed, RRT, RRT-NPS, these sessions will be full of essential information to help you navigate your new career.

So put these sessions on your must-have list and we’ll see you in New Orleans this November!

Day 1 — Wednesday, Nov. 9

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Orientation for 1st Time Attendees

Dana Evans, MHA, RRT, RRT-NPS, FACHE

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2:15 p.m.–2:50 p.m.

Symposium: Fostering Resiliency in Times of Crisis

Well-Being in Respiratory Care: Drivers of Burnout & Strategies to Increase Resilience

Kyle Rehder, MD, CPPS, FCCM

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3:00 p.m.–3:35 p.m.

Symposium: Clinical Practice Guideline

CPG’s: Pediatric Tracheostomy, Pediatric Oxygen, and Capillary-Blood Gases

Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, FAARC

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8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.

Welcome Party

New Orleans Marriott

Day 2 — Thursday, Nov. 10

9:15 a.m.–9:50 a.m.

Symposium: Why Value Efficiency?

Doing What’s Right

Garry Kauffman, RRT, MPA, FACHE

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10:00 a.m.–10:35 a.m.

Symposium: Pediatric ARDS Management

Prone Positioning: When and How

Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, FAARC

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12:45 p.m.–1:20 p.m.

Patient Self-Induced Lung Injury

Neil MacIntyre, MD

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1:30 p.m.–2:05 p.m.

Early Mobilization in the ICU

Timothy Girard, MD, MSCI

Day 3 — Friday, Nov. 11

9:10 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Symposium for New Professionals

All sessions.

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3:00 p.m.–3:35 p.m.

Telehealth: Past, Present and Future

David Wheeler, M.Ed, RRT-NPS, FAARC

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4:30 p.m.–5:05 p.m.

Aerosol Delivery in Children Receiving Ventilatory Support

Ariel Berlinkski, MD, FAAP, FAARC

Day 4 — Saturday, Nov. 12

10:30 a.m.–11:05 a.m.

Journal Symposium

Abstracts: Preparation and Presentation

Andrew Miller, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC

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1:00 p.m.–1:40 p.m.

Closing Ceremony

Surviving the Storm — I’m Still Standing & So Are You!

Kathy Rye, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC