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College to host annual respiratory therapy seminar

UA-PTC will host the 16th Annual Respiratory Therapy Seminar March 15 and 16, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the Campus Center Grand Hall on the UA- Pulaski Technical College Main Campus.

Participants can earn up to 12 Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credits at the event.

Presenters include:

Tonya Cook, MEd RRT LRCP
Title: Inter-Professional Education and Collaborative Practice - All Together Better

Patrick Evans, RN RRT
Title: "What If COPD and Asthma Patients Aren't Hospitalized: Respiratory Therapy’s Role in Outpatient Primary Care"

Len Geiger, BS
Title: Re-evaluation, Rehabilitation & Resiliency: An Alpha-1/COPD Adventure

David Gibson, RRT-NPS RPFT LRCP
Title: Respiratory Care "Preparing for the Future"

Jeffrey Holder, BS RRT EMT
Title: Angel One Transport

Barbara Kumpe
Title: Making Change Happen

Douglas Masini, Ed.D RRT-ACC A-EC FAARC
Title: Medical Cannabis in Respiratory Care
Title: An Update on the Dangerous Games

Danette Short, RRT
Title: Airway Clearance

Robert St. John, MSN RN RRT
Title: End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring: Clinical Understanding and Application

Amy Wilson, EMT-P
Title: A Mother's Love: Respiratory Care from a Caregivers Perspective

Jennifer Wooley, MS RD CNSC
Title: Indirect Calorimetry: Taking the Guess Work out of Feeding Critically Ill Patients

The event is sponsored by UA – Pulaski Technical College, Grifols, RespirTech, GE Healthcare, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UAMS – Southwest, Saline Memorial Hospital, Armstrong State University, Medtronic, Philips, Children’s Home Medical, UAMS – College of Health Professions, Goodnight Medical, Complete Pulmonary Rehab, Hill-Rom, and American Lung Association in Arkansas – AR Tobacco Control Coalition

For more information, contact Lekita Pounds, MEd RRT LRCP, UA-PTC Respiratory Therapy Program Director, at 501-812-2357 or [email protected].