35th Annual

Pacific Northwest Regional

Respiratory Care Conference

And

Scientific Assembly

April 27th – 29th, 2008

Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport

Seattle, Washington

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Sunday April 27, 2008

GENERAL SESSION

7:00 AM Registration

7:45 AM Opening & Welcome

Dennis Bing, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President 2008

8:00 AM Key Note Address (All Attendees)

A Respiratory Therapist Could Have Saved George Washington

David J. Pierson MD FAARC

Medical Director, Respiratory Care Harborview Medical Center

Professor of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Washington

9:00 AM Break - Concurrent Pulmonary Diagnostic Session Starts

9:15 AM Legislative Advocacy: The Other Side of Clinical

Frank Salvatore, BS, RRT, FAARC

Chair – AARC Federal Government Affairs Committee

10:00 AM Legislation in Olympia and DC: Implications for Practitioners and Patients

Gary Wickman, BS, RRT, Legislative Liaison

RCSW Delegate to AARC House of Delegates

10:45 AM OSA/Obesity Hypoventilation: Outpatient & Inpatient Management

Donald Howard, MD

Spokane Respiratory Consultants

11:45 AM Lunch on your own

RCSW Annual Business Meeting

1:00 PM How to Lobby Your State Legislature

Senator Chris Marr

Washington State Senator (D), 6th Legislative District

2:00 PM COPD Management: Offering Our Patients Hope
Patrick Dunne

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Changing the Course of Clinical Practice Through Automation and Protocols

Judy Tietsort, RN, RRT, FAARC

Mediserve Information Systems

4:15 PM Hypoxic Drive in COPD: Is the Fear of O2 Therapy Fact or Myth

Mark Siobal, BS, RRT

Clinical Specialist, San Francisco General Hospital

5:30 PM Wine & Cheese Reception - Opening of the Bio-Medical Pavilion

Sunday April 27, 2008

PULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC SESSION

7:45 AM Opening & Welcome

Dennis Bing, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President 2008

8:00 AM Key Note Address (All Attendees)

A Respiratory Therapist Could Have Saved George Washington

David J. Pierson MD FAARC

Medical Director, Respiratory Care Harborview Medical Center

Professor of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Washington

9:00 AM Break: Concurrent Pulmonary Diagnostic Session Starts

9:15 AM EVH Eucapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation Test for Evaluation of Bronchial Hyper-reactivity

David Sinks Director, Technical Marketing, Cardinal Health

Sponsored by Viasys Healthcare

10:15 AM Interventional Bronchoscopy

Navdeep S. Rai, MD Interventional Bronchoscopy Specialists for Pulmonary Consultants, PLLC

Sponsored by Olympus Medical

11:15 AM ATS/ERS interpretation Scheme – The Final Chapter

Carl Mottram, RRT, RPFT, FAARC

Mayo Clinic Pulmonary Function Labs & Rehabilitation

Sponsored by MedGraphics Corporation

12:00 PM Lunch on your own-- RCSW Annual Business Meeting

1:00 PM Cherry Red and Sleepless in Seattle: Update on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Dr. Neil Hampson, MD   Video of VMMC Hyperbaric Center with Dr. Hampson

Medical Director, Virginia Mason Center for Hyperbaric Medicine

Sponsored by nSpire Health

2:00 PM Origins of Predicted Values How/Why to Choose your Predicteds

Gregg Ruppel, MEd, RRT, RPFT, FAARC

St. Louis University Health Science Center

3:00 PM Pre-School Spirometry: ATS/ERS 2007 Standards Implementation

David Sinks

Director, Technical Marketing, Cardinal Health

Sponsored by Viasys Healthcare

4:00 PM PFT Q & A Roundtable Discussion: Ask the Experts!

Carl Mottram, RRT, RPFT, FAARC and Gregg Ruppel, MEd, RRT, RPFT, FAARC

5:30 PM Wine & Cheese Reception - Opening of the Bio-Medical Pavilion

Monday April 28, 2008

GENERAL SESSION

7:00 AM Registration

7:45 AM Opening & Welcome

Dennis Bing, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President 2008

8:00 AM Key Note Address (All Attendees)

IMV to APRV – A Natural Evolution in Lung Protective Strategy

John B. Downs, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine

9:00 AM Break – In Exhibit Hall, Peds Concurrent Session Starts

10:00 AM The Toyota Production Management System in Healthcare: From Cars to

Critical Care: Part I

Michael Westley, MD, FCCP, CPE, Medical Director, Respiratory and Critical Care slide 1-85

Virginia Mason Medical Center

11:00 AM The Toyota Production Management System in Healthcare: From Cars to Critical Care: Part II slide 86 - 144

Robert Hase, MS, RRT-NPS

Manager, Respiratory Care, Virginia Mason Medical Center

12:00 PM Lunch – Provided in the Exhibit Pavilion

1:30 PM Oxygen Therapy – How We Got Where We Are  (Controversial)

John B. Downs, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine

2:30 PM ABC…XYZ: Why So Many “Modes” of Mechanically Assisted Ventilation  pending sent updated version for posting.

Dennis Bing, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President 2008

3:30 PM Break

3:45 PM Clinical Applications of Dead Space Measurements in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Mark Siobal, BS, RRT

Clinical Specialists, San Francisco General Hospital

4:45 PM What’s Really, Really New in Mechanical Ventilation?

SmartCare (Drager)
PAV (Coviden)
HFOV In Adults (Cardinal)
Nava (
MAQUET)

Panel Discussion with Local and National Experts

7:00 PM Sputum Bowl

Light Snacks, Selected Beverages and Friendly Competition Provided

 

Monday April 28, 2008

PERINATAL – PEDIATRIC CARE SESSION

7:15 AM Registration

7:45 AM Opening & Welcome

Dennis Bing, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President 2008

8:00 AM Key Note Address (All Attendees)

IMV to APRV – A Natural Evolution in Lung Protective Strategy

John B. Downs, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine

9:00 AM Break – In Exhibit Hall, Peds Concurrent Session Starts

9:30 AM Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy

Dan L. Stewart, MD Professor of Pediatrics, University of Louisville

ECMO Director, Nurseries Director, Kosari Children’s Hospital

10:30 AM Extracorporeal Life Support

D. Michael McMullan, MD

Surgical Director of ECMO, Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center

11:30 PM The Performance of Manual Resuscitators- Research of a Series of Experiments

John Salyer RRT-NPS, MBA, FAARC, Director Respiratory Care

Seattle Children’s Hospital

12:30 PM Lunch--Provided in the Exhibit Pavilion

1:30 PM ARDS in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Lincoln Smith MD, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine Division, Seattle Children’s Hospital and

University of Washington School of Medicine

2:30 PM You’re Going to Nebulize What??

Brian Walsh RRT-NPS, MBA, FAARC,

Clinical Research Coordinator, Respiratory Care Department

Boston Children’s Hospital

3:30 PM A Brief History of High Frequency Ventilation: Devices and Pathophysiology

Evan Richards RRT, Director of Clinical Services

Bunnell Inc. Salt Lake City Utah

4:30 PM Assessing Pediatric Respiratory Distress

Ted Carter MD, Medical Director Respiratory Therapy Services

Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Seattle Children’s Hospital and

University of Washington School of Medicine

7:00 PM Sputum Bowl

Light Snacks, Selected Beverages and Friendly Competition Provided

Tuesday April 29, 2008

GENERAL SESSION

7:15 AM Registration

7:45 AM Opening & Welcome

Dennis Archer, BS, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

President – Elect 2008

8:00 AM Keynote Address

Getting Ready for Disaster, is it Lessons Learned or Just Lessons Observed  (pending his emailing updated version)

Bill Lokey, Program Manager, James Lee Witt Associates

Formerly, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer

9:00 AM Break – Exhibits Open

9:45 AM Modified Critical Care and Treatment Space Considerations

For Mass Casualty Critical Illness and Injury

David Hotchkin, MD

Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center

10:45 AM Healthcare & Disaster: Can You Dodge the Bullet 

Marianne Shaw, RRT-NPS, MSHS, Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, California

Assistant Manager Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Services

11:45 AM Lunch – Provided in the Exhibit Pavilion

1:15 PM The Battle of New Orleans: Where Did All Those Patients Go? Part I (pending editing and emailing to us)

Pete Suver, MSHS – ALS Coordinator, Thurston County Medic One

Cindy Hambly, EMT – Program Manager for Training & QA, Thurston County Medic One

2:15 PM The Battle of New Orleans: Where Did All Those Patients Go? Part II

Pete Suver, MSHS – ALS Coordinator, Thurston County Medic One

Cindy Hambly, EMT – Program Manager for Training & QA, Thurston County Medic One

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Implications of CBRNE Agents for Respiratory Care Practitioners 

Marianne Shaw, RRT-NPS, MSHS, Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, California

Assistant Manager Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Services

4:30 PM Expert Panel & Audience Discussion – Open Mike

Dennis Archer, BS, RRT; Cindy Hambley, EMT

Marianne Shaw, RRT-NPS, MSHS; Pete Suver, MSHS

5:30 PM Regional Conference Adjourned

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