OPEN FORUM #9
Management: Nuts and Bolts—Part 1
Monday December 7, 2009
9:30 A.M.–11:25 P.M.
San Antonio Convention Center Room 202
1. Developing a Charge Charter to Enhance the Role of the Charge Therapist—Kenneth J Miller Jr MEd, Allentown PA
2. The Utilization Of Electronic Documentation To Assess Therapist Compliance To Perform Daily Weaning Assessments And Spontaneous Breathing Trials—Kenneth J Miller Jr MEd, Allentown PA
3. How a Medical Emergency Team Has Increased the Value of the Respiratory Care Practitioner in a Large Medical Center—Stephanie Stanley, Charleston WV
4. Intensive Change-Management and Enhanced Compliance Results in Successful and Consistent Implementation of Ventilator Bundle and Oral Care Protocol, 0 VAP for Over 685 Days, and Substantial Economic Savings—Patricia DeJuilio RRT-NPS, Winfield IL
5. Physicians Perspectives’ of the Respiratory Care Practitioner as a Mid-Level Practitioner in Specific Domains and Settings of Clinical Practice—Carlton R Insley III PhD, Salisbury MD
6. Updated Respiratory Care Protocol Improves Utilization and Decreases Cost—Damien P Beilman RRT, Wichita KS
7. Use of Technology to Improve Patient Handoff Communication—Christopher J Benitez, Salt Lake City UT
8. An Analysis of the Common Factors Influencing Therapist Discipline—Anthony L DeWitt Esq, Jefferson City MO
9. Implementing an Evidence-Based, Outcomes Driven, Interdisciplinary Team in a Rural, Critical Access Hospital: The Impact on Interdisciplinary Charting—Carri Aguiar, Heber City UT
10. Implementing an Evidence-Based, Outcomes Driven, Interdisciplinary Team in a Rural, Critical Access Hospital: The Impact on Inhaled Bronchodilator Outcomes—Carri Aguiar, Heber City UT
11. Validating Work-Rate: A New Parameter for Distributing Respiratory Therapy Workload—Susan Gole, Cleveland OH
12. Implementing an Evidence-Based, Outcomes Driven, Interdisciplinary Team in a Rural, Critical Access Hospital: The Impact of an Early Lung Recruitment Guideling (ELRG) in Newborns. A Pilot Study—Kimberly J Bennion, Heber City UT
13. Implementing an Evidence-Based, Outcomes Driven, Interdisciplinary Team in a Rural, Critical Access Hospital: The Impact of Pre-Operative Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Assessments—Kimberly J Bennion, Heber City UT