The 34th Annual

Pacific Northwest Regional

Respiratory Care Conference

and

Scientific Assembly

April 29th – May 1, 2007

Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport

Seattle, Washington

PowerPoint Presentations Speakers Shared Click The Linked Name of Presentation to Access.

Sunday April 29, 2007

GENERAL SESSION

7:15 am – 8:15 Registration

8:15 am Opening and Welcome (All Attendees)

Gary Wickman, BS, RRT, RCSW representative, AARC House of

Delegates

8:30 am Keynote Address (All Attendees): “The Power of One”

Toni Rodriguez, EdD, RRT, AARC President

9:30 am Break

10:00 am A History of Ventilation: the Transition from Inhalation Therapy to Respiratory Therapy

Forrest M. Bird, MD, PhD, ScD

Percussionaire® Corporation

11:00 am Pandemic Preparedness: The Respiratory Care Practitioner’s Perspective

David Walker, MA, RRT

Children’s Hospital of Central California

12:00 Lunch on your own

1:30 pm Systematic Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in the ICU

Jeff Anderson, MA, RRT

Associate Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Therapy, Boise State University

2:30 pm Interpretation of Adult Chest Computed Tomography and Correlation with Plane X- rays

Jeff Anderson, MA, RRT

Associate Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Therapy, Boise State University

3:30 pm Break

3:45 pm What is the Evidence Base for New Modes of Ventilation?

Charles B. Spearman, MSEd, RRT, FAARC

Assistant Professor, Respiratory Care Programs, Loma Linda University

4:45 pm RCSW ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

6:00 – 8:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception

Opening of the Bio-Medical Exhibits

Sunday April 29, 2007

PULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC SESSION

10:00 am The New ATS/ERS Standards for Pulmonary Function Testing

Carl Mottram, RRT, RPFT, FAARC. Pulmonary Function Laboratories

and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Associate Professor of Medicine,

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Sponsored by nSpire Health, Inc.

11:00 am Interventional Bronchoscopy: The latest and greatest

Navdeep S. Rai, MD. Pulmonary Consultants, PLLC, Tacoma

Sponsored by Olympus Medical

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own

1:30 pm Exubera: Efficacy and Pulmonary Safety Data

Griffith Liang, MD. The Vancouver Clinic, Vancouver, WA.

Sponsored by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

2:30 pm The Forced Oscillation Technique: Future of PFT Testing

Alexander S. Niven, MD – Madigan Medical Center, Tacoma

Sponsored by Viasys Healthcare

3:30 pm Break

3:45 pm Making sure we get it right! How to tell if your data is good.

Mike Mulligan, RCPT,RRT, Manager of Marketing Clinical Applications

NSpire Inc.

4:45 RCSW ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

6:00 – 8:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception

Opening of the Bio-Medical Exhibit

Monday April 30, 2007

GENERAL SESSION

7:45 am Opening and Welcome (All Attendees)

Carl Hinkson, BS, RRT, RCSW 2007 Vice President

8:15 am Keynote Address (All Attendees): Legislative Update: National and State Issues & Activities that Impact YOU

Gary Wickman, BS, RRT, RCSW Delegate to AARC House

9:00 to 10:00 am Break – Exhibits open

10:00 am Primary Right Heart Failure (Cor Pulmonale)

Bruce D. Buchanan, M.D., FACP, FCCP, Director, Primary Care

American Lake Division, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

11:00 am Compliance [Adherence] in the Treatment of Hypertension

Bruce D. Buchanan, M.D., FACP, FCCP

American Lake Division, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

12:00 Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm Tobacco: It’s the Cause, Why Not Understand it?

Gaylene Mooney, MED, RRT, NPS

Program Director, Respiratory Therapy. San Joaquin Valley College

Chair, AARC Smoking and Tobacco Related Issues Committee

3:00 pm Coming Soon to a Patient Near You - Novel Drugs by Aerosol

Jim Fink, MS, RRT, FAARC

Fellow, Respiratory Science, Nektar Therapeutics

Sponsored by Nektar Therapeutics

4:00 – 4:15pm Break

4:15 pm Sputum is Our Bread and Butter:

An update on airway clearance techniques

Jim Fink, MS, RRT, FAARC

Fellow, Respiratory Science, Nektar Therapeutics

Sponsored by Nektar Therapeutics

5:15 pm Sputum Bowl Preliminaries

7:30 – 11:00 pm Entertainment and Sputum Bowl Finals

Monday April 30, 2007

PERINATAL – PEDIATRIC CARE SESSION

10:00 am The Mysteries of Pediatric Aerosol Administration

Henry Wojtczak, MD

11:00 am Pediatric Respiratory Care Protocols: The state of the Union.

Tim Myers, RRT, FAARC

12:00 Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm Volumetric Capnography during Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation.

Donna Hamel, RRT

3:00 pm Pediatric Extubation Failures and the Use of Extubation Readiness Testing.

John Salyer, RRT, MBA, FAARC

Director of Respiratory Care

Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center

4:00 – 4:15pm Break

4:15 pm Infant Mechanical Ventilation: The Clinical Implications of the Latest Research

Rob Diblasi, RRT

Clinical Research Coordinator

Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute

5:15 pm Sputum Bowl Preliminaries

6:30 – 9:30 pm Entertainment and Sputum Bowl Finals

Tuesday May 1, 2007

GENERAL SESSION

7:45 am Opening and Welcome (All Attendees)

Dennis Criswell, CRT, RCSW 2007 President

8:00 am Keynote Address (All Attendees)

Disaster/ Pandemic Preparedness: Statewide Overview

Mary Selecky, Washington State Secretary of Health

9:00 am Current Trends in Pulmonary Rehab – Home Oxygen Therapy

Richard Casaburi, MD

Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief for Research, Medical Director

Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center, Division of Respiratory and

Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

10:00am Break – Exhibits open

11:00 am Update on Uses of Non- Invasive Ventilation in Acute Care

Nazir Habib, MD

ICU Director, Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo, California

Medical Director, RT Program, Napa Valley College

Sponsored by Respironics, Inc.

12:00 Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm The Obesity Epidemic: the Impact on Hospital Care

Nazir Habib, MD

ICU Director, Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo, California

Medical Director, RT Program, Napa Valley College

Sponsored by Respironics, Inc.

3:00 pm Lung Protection Strategies in Mechanically Ventilated Adults

David Grooms, BS, RRT

Respiratory Clinical Specialist, Sentara Southside Hospitals, Suffolk, VA

Sponsored by Hamilton Medical

4:00 Break

4:15 pm Knowledge- based Ventilator Weaning

Nader Habashi, MD, FACP, FCCP

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland and Director, Multi- Trauma

ICU, R Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

Sponsored by Dräger Medical

5:15 pm General session adjourns for today

Tuesday May 1, 2007

Home Care Session

11:00 am Legislative Impact on Home Respiratory Care

Robert McCoy, RRT, FAARC

Managing Director Valley Inspired Products, Inc.

Chair-Elect for the Home Care Section of AARC

12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm Accreditation and Competitive Bidding, What’s new.

Bob Floro, RRT

Senior Associate Director Home Care Accreditation Program

3:00 pm New Trends in Aerosol Therapy

Mike West, MBA, RRT

4:00 pm Break

4:15 pm Traveling with Oxygen Therapy

Bob Fary, RRT

5:15 pm Program Adjourns

Pictures of FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR THE RCSW(1).ppt

Pictures of RCSW Officers

Pictures used in-between sessions.

 

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