Essential Practices 1

Humidification During Mechanical Ventilation:

Current Trends and Controversies

By Tim Op’t Holt, EdD, R.R.T., AE-C, FAARC

 

Roundtable:

Selecting the Optimal Humidity for your Patients Moderator

Neil MacIntyre MD, FAARClinical

 

Essential Practices 3

Trends in Noninvasive Respiratory Support: Continuum of Care

High Flow Oxygen Delivery

By Jonathan Waugh PhD, RRT, RPFT

 

Noninvasive Ventilation

By Tim Op’t Holt EdD, RRT, AE-C, FAARC and William Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C

 

Essential Practices 5

Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

By Teresa A. Volsko, MHHS, RRT, FAARC

 

Putting VAP Guidelines into Practice: Roundtable Discussion

Moderator: Dean Hess PhD, RRT, FAARC

 

Essential Practices 6

Asthma Diagnosis, Treatment and Management

By Tim Myers BS, RRT-NPS and Tim Op’t Holt EdD, RRT, FAARC

 

Roundtable Discussion: How do you manage your asthma patients?

Moderator: Tim Myers, BS, RRT-NPS

 

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Essential Practices 8

Non-invasive Respiratory Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

By Kathleen Deakins, RRT NPS

 

Panel Discussion: Non-invasive Respiratory Support in NICU

Moderator: Jen-Tien Wung MD, FCCM

 

Essential Practicess 9

Pathogens Associated with the Intensive Care Unit Environment – Considerations for the Respiratory Therapist

By John Davies, MA RRT FAARC

 

Panel Discussion: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and the Role of the Respiratory Therapist

Moderator: Harvey E. Marshall, MD

 

Essential Practices 10

Humidification During Non-Invasive Ventilation

By Richard Branson, MS, RRT, FAARC

 

Panel Discussion: Humidification in Non-invasive Ventilation: Clinical Practice Today.

Moderator: Richard Branson, MS, RRT, FAAR

 

Essential Practices 17

CDC Recommendations on Preventing VAP

Sara Hanif Mirza, MD, MS

Carl A. Kaplan, MD

 

Panel Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

Moderator: Marin Kollef, MD