The Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care’s mission is to promote the advancement of the Respiratory Care profession through patient advocacy, collaboration, and education throughout the state of Nebraska.
Goal #1 – Education To promote Respiratory Care and provide educational tools to the state of Nebraska.
Distribute basic education materials to persons interested in Respiratory Care. Tools: Number of packets handed out at job fairs.
Increase telehealth system network utilization, i.e.-Respiratory Care Week programs, board meetings, ed. Programs and web casts. Tools: calender of events.
Continued delivery of the State Meeting.
Community education to families and caregivers in need of specific services related to respiratory care.
Goal #2 – Patient Advocacy To facilitate patient advocacy as a society by encouraging optimal respiratory health, patient wellness and safety.
Support disease specific camps
Collaborate with the ALA and AHA to promote respiratory care.
Provide free spirometry screening.
Monitor and support legislation to assure lung health in NE.
Goal #3 – Collaboration To expand collaboration through communication among Respiratory Therapists and multidisciplinary professionals as well as to all relationships within organizations and associations.
Involvement of AARC Board members at the state meeting.
Continued relationship with the NE liscensure board.
Measure involvement with attendance at leadership meetings.
January is National Radon Action MonthRadon is a deadly gas that causes many cases of lung cancer every year, and is the number one cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month. It is asking RTs to reach out to their patients and their communities to get the word out about the need for people to test their homes for this gas and take measures to eliminate it if it is found. For more information and resources, please see this story on the AARC Web site: ...
Conference outlines lessons learned in JoplinThe Center for Preparedness Education recently brought together 13 speakers from a variety of agencies to share their experiences about responding to the F5 tornado that hit Joplin, MO on May 22. The conferecen and speakers' experiences are detailed in the center's latest newsletter.
270 screened at Husker Harvest Days 2011 Respiratory therapists Allison Krutsinger from Cambridge and Jenny Bush from Greenwood helped Susanna VonEssen, M.D., in screening for Alpha1 Antitrypsin and spirometry screening for lung conditions during Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island.
Telehealth program reaches 8 sitesThe NSRC, in collaboration with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, hosted the 3rd Nebraska Telehealth Program offered to RTs and nurses across the state. The title of the program: Managing COPD Across the Continuum of Care.
An assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet...
An international study of asthma, published in the early online version of the European Respiratory Journal, has for the first time, included the number of incidents caused by air pollution and shows that the costs for childhood asthma have risen sharply...
The total cost of asthma due to traffic-related air pollution is much higher than previous estimates, according to new research. The study, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has revealed the true extent of the healthcare costs associated with living close to a busy road...
The experience of daily positive affect -- a mild, happy feeling -- and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make better decisions about their health...
