Sep 18, 2017 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
Social media was abuzz last week over the Utah burn unit nurse who was arrested for protecting the rights of her patient. The story goes that a police officer (who apparently was a part-time paramedic) wanted to take a blood sample from an unconscious patient who was...
Aug 1, 2017 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
It seems that facts are having a tough time of it lately. For the first time, we are hearing phrases like “fake news” and “alternative facts”. Lies repeated frequently enough (or loudly enough) are often taken to be the truth – especially if these fabrications come...
Jun 5, 2017 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Public, Students, Uncategorized
At the most recent CSRT conference, I attended a talk by Brian Walsh (President of the American Association of Respiratory Care) entitled “The Professional Road Ahead”. The purpose of Brian’s presentation was to look at some of the ways that RTs have the potential to...
May 2, 2017 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Online reviews can be found for just about everything – restaurants, hotels, health clubs – and even for healthcare services and the professional who provide the care. And these reviews can carry an incredible amount of weight. Studies have shown up to 70% of...
Apr 10, 2017 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
From time to time I hear from RRTs who have a variety of concerns about teaching student RTs. I think one of the reasons for this is that it is often a role that we have not taken on before. One day we are a squeaky clean new grad and before we know it, we have a...
Mar 9, 2017 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Just this morning I read about a “wearable stethoscope” the size of a bandage that can listen to and record heart and lung sounds on a continuous basis. Yesterday I heard about some of the recent advances in home sleep apnea testing technology and how it is impacting...
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