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New Drug Approved for COPD
May 13, 2013 8:26 AM by Jimmy Thacker
The FDA has approved a new weapon to treat COPD. It is called Breo, an inhaled drug by GlaxoSmithKline of Britain and Theravance of the United States. It consists of a corticosteroid, fluticasone furoate, and a long-acting beta-agonist called vilanterol. Read More...
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When the Holidays are Hard
November 26, 2012 4:55 PM by Jimmy Thacker
We have spent this past month talking about work and life balance. Let's finish up this week with a talk about therapists and patients who suffer through the holidays. Many patients may be silently suffering because they have lost a spouse or someone Read More...
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RTs Must Uphold Professionalism
August 27, 2012 9:45 AM by Jimmy Thacker
My BS-o-meter has a pretty narrow scale. One of my many, many faults is that I hate feeling like someone is abusing me, my time, or my talents. Many of you feel the same though you may not admit it. In the hospital, I tired quickly of patients who already Read More...
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Effective Communication
September 19, 2011 7:59 AM by Jimmy Thacker
A rash of incivility has hit the nation. Experts agree that being less than civil, especially in the workplace, is the "thing" people are doing. Often, it is not that a person wants to be rude, but that they do not know how to be any other way. In health Read More...
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Legacy
June 13, 2011 8:56 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Dr. Jack Kevorkian felt that assisted suicide with the help of a medical professional is a civil right. He liked to think of his work related to works of other notable characters in history, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. "Dr. Death," Read More...
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Scrap the Scrubs Free-for-All
May 9, 2011 9:48 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Some say that "clothes make the man." Health care workers are taking that mantra to heart. In some cases, hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, and other facilities are going retro, moving back to nurses in white and departments in assigned colors. We Read More...
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Public Believes Medical Errors Are Commonplace
April 25, 2011 8:12 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Seven percent of patients in the United States will suffer permanent damage or will die due to medical errors. A study in the April issue of Health Affairs says that 12 years after the release of "To Err is Human," 60 percent of patients still believe Read More...
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Protect Yourself from False Allegations
March 28, 2011 11:06 AM by Jimmy Thacker
This month's poll concerned sexual allegations against health care workers. I asked "What do you tell your therapists to consider when alone with a patient in a room, the ED, or elsewhere in the hospital, if they must do a procedure or test that could Read More...
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Breaking Trust: Truth or Perception?
March 21, 2011 7:35 AM by Jimmy Thacker
In Los Angeles, an emergency room worker was recently arrested for raping a patient under his care. The lady was drunk and the worker took advantage of the situation by raping her, thinking she wouldn't know or remember what had happened. The arrest on Read More...
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Op't Holt Explains Optimum Care for Asthma
March 14, 2011 7:41 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Timothy B. Op't Holt, professor of cardio-respiratory care at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, has an article in the AARC Times on an emergency department asthma clinical protocol. If you haven't seen it, I think you should. On page 10, the Read More...
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COPD Beats Stroke to Become Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
January 12, 2011 9:21 AM by Jimmy Thacker
There were 2,473,018 deaths in 2008 in the United States. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that while three of the four leading causes of death were on the decline, one -- chronic lower respiratory disease -- Read More...
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Respiratory Therapists Are Underpaid
November 3, 2010 7:15 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Consider this: In 1929, U.S. health care costs were about $4 billion. By 2007, those costs were more than $2 trillion. Increased technologies, procedures, and specialized medicine led health care costs to skyrocket to the anticipated 20 percent of our Read More...
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Respiratory Care Week Is a Time for the Unsung Heroes
October 20, 2010 7:40 AM by Jimmy Thacker
October 24-30 marks National Respiratory Care Week -- a time to ponder what we've accomplished, how far we've come, and how far we have to go in our profession. Over the years, "respiratory technicians" have evolved to being college- and university-trained Read More...
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Sometimes, You Need to Take a Break From Respiratory Care
August 2, 2010 7:58 AM by Jimmy Thacker
It's summer and the heat usually means that vacations are taken all across the country. I am on vacation, too. I combine my time off with the conference of the Association of Asthma Educators, which is in Orlando this year. I'm on motorcycle and have Read More...
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Budget Cuts Go Deep
July 2, 2010 7:44 AM by Jimmy Thacker
Last month, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed legislation to cut the budget. One of his primary targets was school programs such as school nurses. As many asthma educators do, I work closely with school nurses. The legislation not only limits the number Read More...
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