Lecture Handouts for the upcoming 10th Anniversary Focus Conference in Orlando will be available below as PDF files that can be easily opened and printed out. All handouts received from speakers to date, follow below. No handouts will be available until April 1, 2010.

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Adult Pulmonary Track 1

Management of ARDS: What Have We Learned from Clinical Trials? - Robert Kacmarek PhD, RRT, FAARC

From IMV to APRV - A Natural Evolution - John Downs MD

Controversial Aspects of Oxygen Therapy - John Downs MD

New Modes of Ventilation: Should We Be Using Them? - Robert Kacmarek PhD, RRT, FAARC

The Lung Redefined - Fractal Geometry of the Airways - April Gochberg MA, RRT

Adult Pulmonary Track 2

Maximizing Patient-Ventilator Synchrony - Neil MacIntyre MD

Influenza, SARS and Other Highly Infectious Respiratory Diseases - April Gochberg MA, RRT

Tracheomalacia from A-Z - Angela Lorenzo RRT, RPFT

Pediatric & Neonatal Track

Pulmonary Hypertension in the Neonate - Douglas Masini, EdD, RPFT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC

Neonatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage - What Therapists Must Know - Douglas Masini, EdD, RPFT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC

Fresh and Salt Walter Drowning in the Pediatric Patient - Andrew Brown RRT-NPS

A Review of the Three Forms of High-Frequency Ventilation - Andrew Brown RRT-NPS

Pulmonary Function Testing

Exercise Testing in the Pulmonary Function Lab - Neil MacIntyre MD

Exhaled Nitric Oxide - A Marker of Airway Inflammation - Carl Mottram RRT, RPFT

Quality Systems in Pulmonary Diagnostics - Carl Mottram RRT, RPFT

Airway Challenge Tests - Are They Really a Challenge? - Carl Mottram RRT, RPFT

The Six Minute Walk Test - What Can Be Learned After Just Six Minutes? - Carl Mottram RRT, RPFT

Management

Succession Planning - Preparing Your Staff to Replace You - Janice Thalman RRT, MHS

When Policy and Practice Don’t Match - Janice Thalman RRT, MHS

The Medicare Quality Initiatives - What Managers Need to Know - Judy Teitsort RRT, RN, FAARC

How to Measure and Respond to Work Force Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction - Janice Thalman RRT, MHS

The Cowboy Code of Leadership - Jerry Edens RRT, M.Ed

Communicating with Diplomacy and Professionalism - Jerry Edens RRT, M.Ed

Rehab/Homecare/Patient Education

Financial Issues and Challenges in Delivering Respiratory Therapy in the Home - Ken Wyka MS, RRT, FAARC

Adherence to Long Term Therapy: Motivation, Behavioral Theories and Individualized Approaches - Robyn Woidtke RN, RPSGT

The Role of the Sleep Apnea Educator: Options and Impacts - Robyn Woidtke RN, RPSGT

Potpurri

Respiratory Therapy Protocols - Why Aren’t More Hospitals Using Them? - Judy Teitsort RRT, RN, FAARC

Case Studies in Health Care Ethics - What Would You Do? - Angela Lorenzo RRT, RPFT

Infection Control - It's Everyone's Problem Now! - Sandy McCleaster RRT

Clinical Sleep Medicine Track 1

Developing a Clinical Research Program - Robyn Woidtke RN, RPSGT

Women and Sleep: - The Teen Years Through Menopause - Robyn Woidtke RN, RPSGT

Smart Technologies Need Smart People - Making Your Patients' CPAP Therapy More Effective - Pam Minkley RRT, RPSGT

Respiratory Event Scoring With Emphasis on Hypopneas - Joyce Black CRT, RPSGT

Measurement of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - MSLT, MWT and More - Pam Minkley RRT, RPSGT

Review of Sleep Stage Scoring and Discussion of New AASM Rules Joyce Black CRT, RPSGT

Polysomnography - Reporting of Results Joyce Black CRT, RPSGT

Clinical Sleep Medicine Track 2

CPAP Compliance - Tips for Enhanced Success - Marla Van Lanen, RRT, RPSGT

The State of the Polysomnography Profession - An Update - Janice East RPSGT, R. EEG T.

Business of Sleep

Perpetuating Your Success as a Sleep Professional Duane Johnson PhD

2010 Update on Sleep Center Coding and Reimbursement - Kathryn Hansen, R. EEG T., CPC

Expanding Your Sleep Lab’s Ancillary Services - Duane Johnson PhD

2010 Update on Sleep DME Accreditation and Competitive Bidding - Bob Floro, MS, RRT, RCP

Effective Teamwork in the Sleep Laboratory - Duane Johnson PhD

2010 Update on Negotiating and Managing Payor Contracts - Jayme Matchinski Esq.

2010 Sleep Lab/Sleep DME Legal Update - Jayme Matchinski Esq.

Early Bird Breakfast Workshops

Early-Bird Breakfast Workshop B - Obesity and its Affects on Pulmonary and Other Diseases - Mark Nelson MD