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One-Hour Concurrent Session

Looking to the Future With Critical Care Respiratory Therapists: Joint AARC/SCCM Session

Sunday, February 23, 2025
4:30pm – 5:30pm Eastern Time
Location: W224GH
CE: 1

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the current state of the respiratory care profession
  • Explore effective recruitment and retention strategies for respiratory therapists
  • Describe opportunities for respiratory therapists in critical care research
  • Discuss novel roles for respiratory therapists in critical care now and in the future

Presentations:

  • 4:35pm – 4:45pm Eastern Time
    State of the Profession

    Dana Evans (she/her/hers) – Advocate Health Care

  • 4:45pm – 4:55pm Eastern Time
    Recruitment and Retention of Respiratory Therapists in Critical Care

    Felix Khusid, RRT-ACCS, BS, FCCM – New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

  • 4:55pm – 5:05pm Eastern Time
    Opportunities for Respiratory Therapists in Critical Care Research

    Eric Kriner, RRT – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • 5:05pm – 5:15pm Eastern Time
    Novel Role for the Respiratory Therapist in Critical Care: Today and Tomorrow

    Daniel Whitt – n/a