Thursday 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Stuff in the neck: ENT, pulmonary or both?
The upper airway is small yet critical component of the respiratory system. This lecture is intended to review the anatomy , and common pathologies that the respiratory professional need to recognize: Vocal cord dysfunction to complications from tracheostomy tubes. Both ENT and Pulmonary perspectives will be engaged in this interesting lecture.
Presented by: Jayme Dowdall, M.D. and Miguel Divo, M.D.
Thursday 3:25 PM - 4:25 PM
Ventilatory Management of the Markedly Obese Patient
The presentation will begin with the demographics and pathophysiology of obesity. A discussion of the selection of appropriate tidal volume based on ideal body wieght not actual will be presented. In addition the need to recruit the lungs of the obese patient and to properly set PEEP will be discussed in detail.
Presented by: Robert Kacmarek, P.hD, RRT
Thursday 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
Pulmonary Hypertension for the Respiratory Therapist
This lecture will describe the pathophysiology and natural history of pulmonary arterial hypertension, with emphasis on the role of the respiratory therapist in assisting with diagnosis and management. The impact of critical illness and respiratory failure on pulmonary hypertension will be reviewed.
Presented by: Barbara LeVarge, M.D.
Thursday 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
Recruitment maneuvers: When and how much
Recruitment maneuvers have been shown to improve oxygenation and alveolar gas volumes in patients with predominately alveolar collapse secondary to surfactant deactivation or lung compression due to an elevated pleural pressure. In fact, in these patients, as much as 50% of the lung may be recruitable. These improvements are short lived after the RM unless the applied PEEP is increased sufficiently to maintain the alveolar patency. In patients with pneumonia or other “primary” ARDS, there may be only 5% to 10% of recruitable lung since much of the affected lung is consolidated and not atelectactic and they demonstrate a markedly reduced response to a RM. It has also been noted that patients receiving high levels of PEEP are less responsive – likely because they have fewer atelectactic lung units.
Presented by: Ray Ritz, BA, RRT, FAARC
Thursday 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Readiness to Extubate in the NICU
This lecture will cover reasons why early extubation is important, some of the indicators of readiness to extubate, and measures that may help reduce the incidence of failed extubations.
Presented by: Daniel Chipman, RRT
Thursday 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Back to the Future
This session will go over two clinical simulations and explain how the exam has changed and challenge the audience to test their knowledge.
Presented by: Martha DeSilva, M.Ed, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C and Donna Sullivan, M.Ed, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS
Thursday 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Taking a Spin Down Hypoxic Drive
It is a common misconception that any patient with chronic CO2 retention will become apneic when hyperoxic. The objective of this lecture is to discuss the myths and misconceptions of a hypoxic respiratory drive.
Presented by: Dan Fisher, MS, RRT
Thursday 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Why should I care about Patient Family Centered Care
This lecture will discuss the 4 principles of Patient Family Centered Care (PFCC) and why therapist need to be aware of it and how it can affect their care that they provide.
Presented by: Keith Hirst, MS, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C
Thursday 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
COPD and readmissions: Creating an Effective Strategy
This lecture will center on the problems assocaited with COPD and hospital readmissions. It will focus on the development of successful stageties to reduce the 30-day readmission rate.
Presented by: Brian Carlin, M.D.
Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Surviving Before Thriving Part II: It Hasn’t Gotten Any Better
This is a follow up to the original Surviving Before Thriving presentation, reviewing how significant the issues are within the respiratory care profession and the continued need for us to reshape and reinvent our profession to ensure survival. Also includes some outstanding examples of success within specific departments & hospitals.
Presented by: Michael Hewitt RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, RCP, FAARC, FCCM
Wednesday 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
Differences Between PSV and Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV)
Review and highlight these two modes of ventilation, which will include a discussion of pulmonary mechanics as well.
Presented by: Andrew Wellman, M.D., Ph.D.
Wednesday 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
The Team Approach To Decannulation
This lecture should inspire you to join/develop your multidisciplinary tracheostomy team. You will learn the facts and figures behind the complications of tracheotomy, and why focus is placed on the team process, protocol development, maintaining competencies, and the importance of the QI process.
Presented by: Linda Dean, RRT
Wednesday 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
Current and Future Status of Surgical Rib Fixation
This session we will discuss current state for rib fracture management and discuss innovations as they relate to the progress of rib fracture management.
Presented by: Andrew R. Doben, M.D., FACS
Wednesday 2:45 - 3:45 PM
Re-evaluation, Rehabilitation & Resiliency: An Alpha-1/COPD Adventure
A patient’s poignant narration of the onset of symptoms and his eventual diagnosis of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (genetic COPD). Follow his 21 year history of treatment, decline, lung transplantation and remarkable recovery. Presentation includes the essentials of Alpha-1; how it is inherited, screening methods, and available therapies.
Presented by: Len Geiger, BS
Wednesday 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Academic and Respiratory Physiology to the Bedside and Rounds: How the RT can and should get more involved
This session will explain why and how the respiratory therapist should get more involved in the bedside management and multidisciplinary rounds.
Presented by: Scott Monroe, MS, RN, RRT
Wednesday 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
The Role of Electrical Impedence Tomography in Mechanical Ventilation in Children
Electrical Impedence Tomogrpahy (EIT) uses changes in electrical impendence between air-filled versus tissue or fluid-filled spaces in order to characterize and quantify regional distribution of lung volume at the bedside. EIT-derived parameters have been used to differentiate atelectatic, overdistened, and adequately recruited lung in different lung regions by a number of investigators. Despite the ability of EIT to monitor regional lung behavior, the use of EIT derived indices has not been shown to improve outcomes in animals or humans with acute lung injury until last year when Drs. Wolf, Arnold and colleagues developed an EIT guided mechanical ventilation strategy that demonstrated promise in an animal model. Through this translational model they were able to demonstrate that EIT guided ventilation was superior to a national and standardized ventilation protocol called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet) Ventilator Protocol.
Presented by: Jordan S. Rettig, M.D.
Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evolution Through Evidence: How Might Neonatal Resuscitation Change in 2016?
Review issues and examine for potential changes to national guidelines in neonatal resuscitation and how changes are made.
Presented by: Steven Ringer, M.D.
Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Health Literacy: Communication is Key
This lecture will explore the reasons why medical literacy is an issue and ways to identify how respiratory therapists can help play a role to improve it.
Presented by: Jason Moury, MPH, RRT
Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Respiratory Care at 65
This lecture will highlight the evolution of respiratory care practice, and discuss the implications for future practice.
Presented by: Dean Hess, Ph.D., RRT, FAARC
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Respiratory Compromise and the Role of the RT
Respiratory Compromise is a term that is frequently used but lacking clear definition. Patients across the hospital may be at risk due to medications, procedures, co-morbidities, and other factors. This presentation will discuss the cascade of respiratory compromise from being at risk to respiratory failure/arrest and how earlier identification may lead to prevention rather than rescue.
Presented by: Paul Nuccio, MS, RRT, FAARC
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