37th Annual

Pacific Northwest Regional

Respiratory Care Conference

And

Scientific Assembly

  

April 11th – 13th, 2010

Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport

Seattle, Washington

 

Largest Respiratory Care Conference in a Five State Region

Over 40 Individual Lectures in 5 Different Tracks

Wide Variety of Current and Emerging Respiratory and Critical Care Topics

Over 70 of the Latest Bio-Medical Displays all Three Days

Stand alone Pulmonary Diagnostics Session Sunday April 11th

Stand alone Sleep Medicine Session Sunday April 11th

Stand alone Perinatal-Pediatric Session Monday April 12th

Stand alone Management/Leadership Session Tuesday April 13th

   

  


Sunday April 11, 2010

 

GENERAL SESSION

 

7:00 AM                                Registration

 

8:00 AM                                Opening & Welcome

                                               Carl Hinkson BS, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

                                               President 2010

                                              

8:15 AM                                Key Note Address (All Attendees)

                   “Ethics – A short treatise on a complex subject”

                     Garry Kauffman MPA RRT FACHE FAARC      

                                               Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA

                     Sponsored by Monaghan

 

9:15 AM                                Break - Concurrent Pulmonary Diagnostic Session Starts

 

9:30 AM                                 “NAVA - Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist”

                                              Daniel D  Rowley BS RRT-NPS, RPFT, FAARC,

                                             University of Virginia Hospital   Charlottesville, VA,

                                                Sponsored by Maquet

 

10:30 to 10:45 Break

                                              

10:45 AM                               “What I have Learned About ARDS” Leonard Hudson MD, Harborview Medical Center  

                                         

11:45 to 1:00 PM                    Lunch on your own

                                               

1:00 PM                                 "Asthma Management Through Exhaled Nitric Oxide Monitoring"
                                                 Kevin Hodgdon RRT,CPFT  Clinical Specialist Aerocrine Inc.
                                            Sponsored by Micro Direct, Inc.

 

2:00 PM                               “How to Breathe Easier When Working with the Mentally Ill Patient”

                                            Kevin Wilhelmsen RN, Harborview Medical Center    His hand out Bahavioral care plan

3:00 to 3:15 PM Break

 

3:15 PM                                “Medical Simulation and RCP Training”

                                                    Bernie Roth MD, Madigan Army Medical Center

 

4:15 PM                                 “How to Withdraw the Ventilator”

                                                   Patsy D. Treece RN, MN Critical Care Research Nurse

                                                   Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Harborview Medical Center

 

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

 

 

 

 


Sunday April 11, 2010

 

Sleep Medicine Session

 

7:00 AM                                Registration

All Conference Participants to Attend General Session Opening & Keynote Speaker

8:00 AM                                Opening & Welcome

                                               Carl Hinkson BS, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

                                               President 2010

                                              

8:15 AM                                Key Note Address (All Attendees)

                                           “Ethics – A short treatise on a complex subject”                   

                                            Garry Kauffman MPA RRT FACHE FAARC     

                                            Sponsored by Monaghan

 

9:15 AM                                Break - Concurrent Sleep Medicine Session Starts

 

9:30 AM                                 Sleep Medicine Session Begins

                                             “Sleep Apnea & Metabolic Syndrome:  Is There A Connection?”

                                             Gretchen Hoffman RD, CD St. Francis Center for Weight Loss  Management                                                     

10:30 to 10:45 Break

                                              

10:45 AM                               “Applications of BiLevel Therapy”  Juan Knutson RRT, RPSGT,  Clinical Specialist,  ResMed

 

11:45 to 1:00 PM                    Lunch on your own

                                               

1:00 PM                                 “Pediatric Sleep Medicine” Preetam Bandla MD, DABSM

                                               Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

 

2:00 PM                                 “Insomnia-New Perspectives in the Understanding of Sleep”

                                              Daniel Clerc MD, DABSM

                                              Tacoma Sleep Clinic, Tacoma, WA                   

 

3:00 PM                                 “Sleep & Women; Sex Matters” David Brown MD, DABSM

                                                 St. Francis Sleep Center, Federal Way, WA

 

4:00 to 4:15 PM                    BREAK   

 

4:15 PM                                “Sleep and the Heart” David Corley MD, Kitsap Chest Consultants

                                              Bremerton, WA

 

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

 

 

Sunday April 11, 2010

 PULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC SESSION

7:00 AM                                Registration

 

All Conference Participants to Attend General Session Opening & Keynote Speaker

 

8:00 AM                                Opening & Welcome

                                                 Carl Hinkson BS, RRT, Respiratory Care Society of Washington

                                               President 2010

 

8:15 AM                                Key Note Address (All Attendees)

                                           “Ethics – A short treatise on a complex subject”

                                           Garry Kauffman MPA RRT FACHE FAARC Sponsored by Monaghan

           

9:15 AM                                Break:  Concurrent Pulmonary Diagnostic Session Starts

 

9:30 AM                             “Spirometry Predicted Values: Fixed Cut-Offs-vs- the LLN”

                                             Gregg Ruppel, Med, RRT, RPFT, FAARC

                                       Adjunct Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Director,

                                      Pulmonary function Laboratory, St. Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO 

                                      Sponsored by MEDGRAPHICS, Inc.

 
10:30 AM                             “MIP, MEP and MOP  (Respiratory Muscle Function and Drive)”
                                              David Sinks Exercise Physiologist CareFusion 
                                              Respiratory Diagnostics

 

11:15 AM                             "Experience of a World Health Organization Sponsored Spirometry
                           Training Course"   Carl Mottram BA RRT RPFT FAARC, Mayo Clinic 
                                             College of Medicine  Sponsored by Apieron

 

12:00 PM                              Lunch on your own

1:00 PM                                "Accreditation of PF Labs, Do we need it?" Carl Mottram BA RRT           

                                              RPFT FAARC, Mayo Clinica College of Medicine 

                                               Sponsored by Apieron

2:00 PM                                “Navigational Bronchoscopy” Jed Gorden MD, Director,

                                             Interventional Pulmonology Swedish Medical Center Seattle, WA 

                                             Sponsored by superDimension, Inc.

 

3:00 PM                                Break

                                                

3:15 PM                                 “Infant Pulmonary Function Testing”  David Sinks  Exercise Physiologist,

                                              CareFusion  Sponsored  by CareFusion

 

4:15 PM                                  "What's new in Exhaled Nitric Oxide Testing" 
                                               Carl Mottram BA RRT RPFT FAARC, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

                                               Sponsored by Apieron        

 

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

 

Monday April 12, 2010

 

GENERAL SESSION

 

7:00 AM                                 Registration

                                                                      

7:45  AM                                Opening and Welcome                              

 

                                                TOPIC AND SPEAKER 

08:00 AM                               “Mechanical Ventilation Guided by Esophageal Pressure
                                              in Acute Lung Injury” Ray Ritz RRT Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

8:00 AM                                    

9:00AM                                  “PEEP- What is it good for?”

                                                Lynn Schnapp MD Harborview Medical Center   

1000 to 1015 Break *

 

10:15 AM                               “Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD )”

                                             Michele Manion Executive Director, PCD Foundation,

                                             Minneapolis, MN

                                                Sponsored by SmartVest

 

11:15 AM                               “Compassion Fatigue” Darrell Owens ARNP, PhD

                                               Director Palliative Care Service, Harborview Medical Center

    

 

1215 to 1:30                         LUNCH IN THE EXHIBIT HALL

 

1:30 pm                                  Legislative Update  provided by the Washington State Department of Health

 

2:30 PM                                 “The  Impact of Firearm Injuries on The Hospital & The Community”

                                                 Hugh Foy MD, Professor University of Washington
                                            Director, Surgical Specialties Clinic, Harborview Medical Center

 

3:30 to 3:45 PM  Break

 

3:45 PM                                 “TB and the RCP”

                                              Dave Park MD, Harborview Medical Center                           

 

4:45 PM                                 “Cardiac Arrest: Improving the Odds”

                                              Nicole L. Kupchik RN, MN, CCNS CCRN-CMC Clinical Nurse Specialist
                                              Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA

 

 

7:00 PM                                 Sputum Bowl

*The exhibit area will be open Monday morning for additional viewing

 

 

Monday April 12, 2010

 

PERINATAL – PEDIATRIC CARE SESSION

7:15 AM                      Registration

                                          

                                    Morning Session:      Moderated by Rob Diblasi

 

7:45 AM                       Opening Remarks. 

                                      Rob DiBlasi  RRT-NPS

 

8:00 AM                       "Advances in Non-Invasive Monitoring”        

                                      John Salyer RRT-NPS, MBA, FAARC, Seattle Children’s Hospital

 

9:00 AM                       “Permissive Hypercapnea During Neonatal Ventilation”

                                      Kathy Deakins RRT-NPS

 

10:00 to 10:15           Break *

 

10:15 AM                     “Therapeutic Gas Mixtures Used In the ICU”

                                    Cyndi White RRT-NPS, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

 

 

11:15 AM                   “Neonatal/Pediatric Airway Graphics: The Usual and Unusual Suspects”

                                  Dave Crotwell RRT-NPS  Seattle Children’s Hospital

                                     

12:15 to 1:30              Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

 

Afternoon Session:  Moderated by John Salyer

 

1:30 PM                     “CPAP and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation In The Newborn: A Two-Pronged Approach for Avoiding Intubation”

                                    Rob DiBlasi RRT-NPS Seattle Children’s Hospital

 

2:30 PM                     “Update In Neonatal/Pediatric Aerosol Administration Practices”

                                    Dom Copollo RRT, Monaghan Medical

 

3:30 pm                      “Standardizing the Care of Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Disease”

                                    Joel Tieder MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital

 

 

7:00 PM                      Sputum Bowl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

Tuesday April 13, 2010

 


GENERAL SESSION

 

7:00 AM                                 Opening and Welcome

 

7:15 AM    Annual Business Meeting with Breakfast           

 

                                                TOPIC AND SPEAKER    

8:15 AM                                 Welcome

8:30 AM                                 “Critical Care of the Brain Injured Patient”

                                              Steve Deem MD, University of Washington                                   

 

9:30 AM                                 “Aspiration During Intubation”

                                              Heather Evans MD, University of Washington

 

1030 to 1045  Break

 

10:45 AM                               “The Haiti Experience” Tara White RRT & Nick Larson RRT

                                                International Medical Surgical Response Team ( IMSURT)

                                                                      

11:45 TO 1:00 PM               LUNCH in the Exhibit Area

 

1:15 PM                                “The Lung at High Altitude”

                                                 Erik Swenson MD, PS VA Medical System

 

2:15 PM                                 “Pulmonary Complications of Illicit Drugs”

                                               Andy Luks MD, Harborview Medical Center

 

3:15 to 3:30 Break

 

3:30PM                                  “CT Scans of the Chest - Just What am I Looking At?”

                                                Anne Lipke MD PS VA Medical System

                                               

4:30 PM                                 General Session & Leadership Closing Motivational Lecture

                                                "Respiratory Care - Time to Change Your Lens?"

                          Ken Thigpen BS, RRT, FAARC , Administrative Director, Pulmonary    

                                                Services, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS

                                                Sponsored by Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.

                                  

Tuesday April 13, 2010

 

Management Section:  For Current and Future Leaders in Respiratory Care

 

7:00 AM                                                Opening and Welcome

 

7:15 AM   Annual Business Meeting with Breakfast

 

                                                TOPIC AND SPEAKER

 

8:30 AM                                         "How to Get to 'Yes' When the Economics Say 'No'"
                                              Ken Thigpen BS, RRT, FAARC, Administrative Director, Pulmonary  
                                              Services, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS

                                                                               

9:30 AM                                 "Need Some R&R?  Recruitment and Retention Strategies for
                                                Respiratory Therapy Departments" John Salyer RRT-NPS, MBA,  
                                                FAARC, Seattle Children’s Hospital

 

1030 to 1045 Break 

 

10:45 AM                               “Techniques for Teaching the Adult Learner”

                                                  Jane Hawk DNP, CS, CPAN, RN, Harborview Medical Center

                                                                      

1145 TO 1300                        LUNCH in the Exhibit Area

 

1:15 PM                                 “The Beauty of Fierce Conversations”

                               Ken Thigpen BS, RRT, FAARC, Administrative Director, Pulmonary    

                                                 Services, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS

                              

2:15 PM                                 2:15 PM                                 “What Can Information Technology Do For You (and your department)?” 

                                                                                                                         Chris Teegardin RRT, Harborview Medical Center

 

3:15 to 3:30 Break

 

3:30 PM                                 “The Ethics of Corporate Sponsorship”

                                               Mark Tonelli MD, University of Washington

                                               

4:30 PM                                 General Session & Leadership Closing Motivational Lecture

                                                "Respiratory Care - Time to Change Your Lens?"

                                Ken Thigpen BS, RRT, FAARC, Administrative Director, Pulmonary    

                                                Services, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS

                                                Sponsored by Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc

 

Pictures of FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR THE RCSW 36th Educational Conference (PDFs of PowerPoints)

Other Pictures @ Conference (possiable in future none current)

 

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