Chitchat with the Old Respiratory Codger

T’was the Night Before Thanksgiving

Roger Berg — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT

Now that the excitement and festivities of Respiratory Care Week are starting to settle down and we're back to our normal routine, it is time to prepare for the upcoming holiday season. It's always a busy and exciting time with a variety of activities...(read more)

What a week Respiratory Care week was!

Roger Berg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

Wow, what a week National Respiratory Care Week was! I hope you had as much fun and excitement as my staff and I did during this wonderful week where we have an opportunity to express our appreciation to staff members for the outstanding work they do...(read more)

A Respiratory Care "Survival" Kit for RC Week

Roger Berg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:00 GMT

We all know that our profession can and is very stressful at times. This Respiratory Care Week, you might want to give your staff the Respiratory Care Survival Kit: RESPIRATORY CARE SURVIVAL KIT 1 Lifesaver - to thank you for the lives you save every...(read more)

What Will Respiratory Therapy Be Like in 2025?

Roger Berg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:53:00 GMT

What will the Respiratory Therapy profession be like in 2025? My crystal ball is broken, so your guess is as good as mine. A colleague of mine made these predictions: In the year 2025: Small volume nebs will no longer be given due to increased risk of...(read more)

What Is A Respiratory Care Practitioner?

Roger Berg — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Have you ever been asked, "What is a Respiratory Care Practitioner?" Here is a little ditty I put together a decade or two ago based on some old, very old advertisements. You might like to share it with your staff during your week of celebration. Respiratory...(read more)

Fun Ways to Celebrate Respiratory Care Week

Roger Berg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:59:00 GMT

With only three weeks left before Respiratory Care Week, perhaps you are as busy as my team is preparing for this annual event. Each year, we form a Respiratory Care Week Committee to take charge of this celebration. This year, the committee decided to...(read more)

Respiratory Care Week 2009 Coming Soon

Roger Berg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:39:00 GMT

It seems as though we were celebrating Respiratory Care Week 2008 only a couple of weeks ago. Now the 2009 version looms on the horizon. How quickly another year has flown by. One of my sons-in-law told me the reason the years seem to fly by faster as...(read more)

Reveling In One's Saturday Night Essence

Roger Berg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:40:00 GMT

I was planning to write on a totally different topic for this post, but I received a very exciting telephone call a couple nights ago from someone who connected with her Saturday Night Essence. It wasn't from one of my staff or a respiratory therapy colleague...(read more)

Delegating Responsibilities to Others

Roger Berg — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:35:00 GMT

Delegating responsibility is a challenging and sometimes difficult thing to do for many department managers, supervisors or lead therapists. One of the major reasons for this challenge is the assumption that "I can do it better." Some leaders belive that...(read more)

On The Horizon: New Technology, Education & Pharmacology for Respiratory Therapy

Roger Berg — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:24:00 GMT

Where will our profession of respiratory therapy be in 5 to 10 years? What will the educational requirements be at that time? I've been reading and attending meetings last winter and again this summer where the subject has been the future of respiratory...(read more)

Life Is Beautiful

Roger Berg — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:23:00 GMT

I was listening to the radio the other day and I heard this on a commercial: "Are you having difficulty dealing with everyday problems? Life is dreadful at best." "Life is dreadful at best"? Oh my. I couldn't believe what I heard and then I wondered if...(read more)

Are You One in a Million or One of the Millions?

Roger Berg — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:48:00 GMT

In my last post , I suggested that one must establish specific goals in order to become the person they were meant to be and successfully reach the impossible dream or one's Saturday-Night Essence. There is an old song that often keeps me headed in the...(read more)

Goals for Your Saturday-Night Essence

Roger Berg — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:32:00 GMT

In the last several posts , I have been exploring the subject of one's Saturday-Night Essence or becoming the person you were meant to be and doing the things you were meant to do. This is an interesting subject as it seems that many people are stuck...(read more)

Pursuing Your Saturday-Night Essence

Roger Berg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:44:00 GMT

If you followed some of the suggestions I made in my last post regarding discovering your Saturday-Night Essence, you may have discovered that although you love your profession of respiratory care, there is still something missing. Perhaps it's something...(read more)

Discovering Your Saturday-Night Essence

Roger Berg — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:00 GMT

After my last post, Finding Your Saturday-Night Essence , several people asked me: "How do I discover my Saturday-Night Essence?" I don't claim to be an expert, but perhaps I can offer a few suggestions to point you in the right direction. Consider the...(read more)