Wednesday, October 10
9:30 AM
Ken Capek, MPA, RRT – Patient Safety in a Disaster
10:45 AM
Barry Ransom, MS, RRT, NPS-ACCS – APRV: A Clinician’s Perspective
1:00 PM
Eric Kriner, RRT – Outside the Guidelines: Emerging Concepts in ARDS Mechanical Ventilation
2:15 PM
Ken Capek, MPA, RRT – Smoking, Vaping and Quitting
3:30 PM
Edward Hamaty, MD – Difficult to Wean Patient
5:30 PM
Vendor Reception
7:30 PM
Boogie Nights Dance Club Reception
Thursday
7:00 AM
Vendor Hall / Breakfast
8:30 AM – Breakout Session 1
Michael Dougherty, RRT, NPS – Ventilating the Sick Lung in 2018
Michael McPeck, RRT – Worth It’s Salt? Hypertonic Saline Revisited
9:30 AM – Breakout Session 2
Al Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC – Research Which has Helped Reshape Respiratory Care
Lenny Nyangwara, MSM, RRT – Strategies to Help Prevent Medical Device Related Pressure Injuries (MDRPI) to Head, Face and Neck
10:30 AM
Vendor Hall Open
11:00 AM
President’s Address – Awards Ceremony
12:15 PM
Gunnar Esiason – Keynote Address: My Life with CF
1:00 PM
Lunch
Vendor Hall / Student Hour
2:00 PM – Breakout Session 3
John Bach, MD – Noninvasive Management of Ventilatory Pump Failure
Evan Richards, RRT – Fantastic Voyage: Why and How We Explore the Body During Mechanical Ventilation
3:00 PM – Breakout Session 4
Federico Cerrone, MD, FAASM, FCCP – Screening and Treating Inpatients for OSA
Russell Jackson, AAS, BA, RRT – Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders and Treatment Strategies
4:00 PM – Breakout Session 5
Kirk Hinkley, MD – HIVNI is a Viable Alternative To NIPPV
Thomas Petty, BS, RRT – Managing Ventilation with Transpulmonary Pressure Monitoring
6:00 PM
Sputum Bowl / Cocktail Reception
Friday
8:30 AM
Al Quinones, DHA, RRT, FACHE – Assessing Patients with Sleep Complaints
9:45 AM
Andrew Berman, MD – Self-Extubation, Tracheal Stenosis & Barotrauma
11:00 AM
Al Quinones, DHA, RRT, FACHE – Building Teams: First Understand Self
