Clinical Insights in Respiratory Care May 2012 Conference

Lehigh Valley Health Network
Clinical Insights in Respiratory Care

Thursday, May 3, 2012
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
Kasych Family Pavilion
Medical Imaging of Lehigh Valley Conference Rooms 6, 7 and 8 1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, Pa. 18103
Presented by Respiratory Care Services

Program Objectives

• Define the different levels of severity of asthma.
• Describe the current clinical management of asthma.
• Describe the different types of gas administration that is utilized in respiratory dysfunction.
• Define the clinical endpoints targeted in gas administration.
• Describe the current changes to health care reimbursement.
• Define the role of the RRT in the future of health care practice.
• Describe the steps in preparing for a clinical disaster.
• Define the endpoints in emergency preparedness.
• Describe the clinical management of the burn patient population.
• Define the clinical endpoints of burn care resuscitation.
• Describe the respiratory practitioner's role in palliative care.
• Define the physiological endpoints of palliative care.

Program Agenda

7-7:55 a.m.	Registration
7:55-8 a.m.	Welcome
8-9 a.m.	Updates in Asthma Management Kenneth Miller, MEd, RRT-NPS, AE-C
9-10 a.m.	NPS Lecture: Inhaled Medical Gases: Little Wiff Will Do Ya? Michael Gentile, RRT, FAARC, FCCM
10-10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.	Impact of Health Care Reform on the Future of Respiratory Care Craig Scanlon, MEd, RRT, FAARC
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Patient Safety Lecture: Management of Mass Casualties Michael Wargo, MBA, BSN, PHRN, CMTE
12:15-1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15-2:15 p.m.	Clinical Management of the Burn Patient Population A. Hamed Amani, MD
2:15-3:15 p.m.	Ethics Lecture: Respiratory Practitioner's Role in Palliative Care Carole Dorr, BS, RRT, Cheryl Heffner, BS, RRT, Laura Monroe, RRT-NPS
3:15 p.m.	Evaluations & CEU certificates

Presented by the Respiratory Care Services Department
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Faculty

Kenneth Miller, MEd, RRT-NPS, AE-C
Educational/Research Coordinator Respiratory Care Services Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

Michael Gentile, BS, RRT, FAARC, FCCM
Associate in Research Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, N.C.

Craig Scanlan, MEd, RRT, FAARC
Adjunct Professor University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey President, Strategic Learning Associates

Michael Wargo, MBA, BSN, PHRN, CMTE
Administrator, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Operations Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

A. Hamed Amani, MD
Associate Medical Director, Burn Center Department of Surgery Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

Carole Dorr, BS, RRT, AE-C
Respiratory Care Specialist Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

Cheryl Heffner, BS, RRT
Respiratory Therapist Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

Laura Monroe, RRT-NPS
Adult/Pediatric/Neonatal Respiratory Therapist Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.

Click here for the program brochure.

Registration

Registration is limited to 150 registrants.
AARC Members
Advance: $75 Onsite: $85
Non-AARC Members
Advance: $95 Onsite: $105
LVHN Employees: $45.00 Students: $35
Make Checks Payable to: Lehigh Valley Health Network
Includes: Continental Breakfast and Lunch

Mail to:
Respiratory Care Services
Lehigh Valley Hospital
P.O. Box 689
Allentown, PA 18105

Registration Questions: Please call 610-402-5669.
Registration will NOT be accepted without payment and is not refundable after April 20, 2012.

Attendance Confirmation:

Check here for the confirmation list.

Directions:

Kasych Pavillion
1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, Pa. 18103

From NE Extension PA Turn Pike (I-476) Exit # 56:
Follow 22 East to 309 South. Follow 309 South/I-78 East to Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospital's main entrance road. Refer to common directions below.

From Route 22 West:
Follow 22 East to 309 South/I-78 East. Follow 309 South/I-78 East to Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospital's main entrance road. Refer to common directions below.

From I-78 East:
I-78 East to Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospitalís main entrance road. Refer to common directions below.

From I-78 West:
I-78 West into Pennsylvania. Continue on I-78 West to Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn left at the end of the exit ramp. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto the hospitalís main entrance road. Refer to common directions below.

From Route 222 North:
I-78 East to Cedar Crest Blvd. exit. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospitalís main entrance road. Refer to common directions below.

Common Directions:
Stay on entrance road to stop sign. Proceed through intersection and follow road past first parking deck on left and past hospital main entrance on left. Proceed past second parking deck (H) on left. Make left into the lower level of parking deck H. Kasych Family Pavillion is adjacent to parking deck.

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