The Ohio State University Medical Center Respiratory Therapy Department will present the Current Concepts in Respiratory Care (CCRC) conference on Friday, April 27, 2012. This conference takes place at the Ohio Union at 1739 North High Street on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. We attract more than 800 respiratory therapists, nurses and physicians from Ohio and surrounding regions to this conference yearly. This conference has attracted the largest presence of respiratory care professionals in the state of Ohio.
As the title of the educational conference suggests, it is the mission of the CCRC planning committee to provide educational content that is cutting edge and includes the most recent advances in respiratory care. This includes sharing completed and ongoing research, evidence-based practice and updates that directly impact the care of critically ill patients.
Conference Objectives
- Understand the importance of the apnea test in the process of pronouncing death by neurological criteria
- Discuss the role of STOP-BANG in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea
- Describe the team members available across a diverse range of hospitals to care for ventilated patients
- Describe different mechanisms of trauma to the chest and their impact on pulmonary function
- Define motivational interviewing (MI) and compare it to traditional patient education
- Discuss ventilation strategies of different neonatal diseases
- Understand pulmonary hypertension and treatment options
- Describe elements of the hospital value based purchasing program and requirements for publicly reporting hospital quality data
- Explore the evidence for treating sepsis as a medical emergency
Cost and Registration
The cost of the conference is $60 and $30 for student respiratory therapists. Brochures will be mailed out in January 2012. Registration for this conference begins January 2012 by mailing in a check or online by credit card using the buttons above. Deadline for registration is April 7 or when seating capacity is met. The brochure can be found here.
Contact Us
Please click on the links to the left for more information or contact Jill Shirvani or Andrea Yagodich at 614-293-3663 or ccrc@osumc.edu.
For information on nursing contact hours, please e-mail Kay Beattie at kay.beattie@osumc.edu.