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Continuing Education of the Pulmonary Function Technologist
Angela Lorenzo, MS, RRT, RPFT
Long Island University
Disclaimer
• The views in this lecture are those of the presenter and not those of the Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States Government.
• I have no vested interests in any of the manufacturers of the equipment referenced in this presentation.
Objectives
• The participant will identify opportunities for education for staff performing PFTs
• The participant will identify methods to create learning opportunities in the PFT Lab
Case Study Presentation
• 56 y/o with SCD
• ACS (associated with Pul Fibrosis)
• Scoliosis
• 60 pack year smoking history
• Recent PNA
• +PPD
• Osteonecrosis
Journal Clubs
www.freemedicaljournals.com
• Some journals free access
• Some like NEJM free access after 6 months
• Some like CHEST and AJRCCM free after 1 year
• ERS 18 months
• Thorax free access all issues
• OUR Professional Organization
AARC Series on Pulmonary Diagnostics
• Modules include:
• Pulmonary Function Testing: Spirometry
• Pulmonary Function Testing: Advanced Concepts
• Pulmonary Function Testing: Pediatrics
• Modules vary in cost and CEU credits
Module on: Pulmonary Function Testing: Spirometry
• This spirometry course discusses obstructive and restrictive disease processes, basic measurements, reference values, repeatability and acceptability, and how to perform a quality procedure as well as calibration of the spirometer and patterns of abnormal results. Chapters include:
• Obstructive and restrictive lung diseases • Spirometry technique • Spirometry values, patterns of abnormal results, and
bronchodilator response • Practice loops • CRCE: 2.0 | Cost: $15 for AARC members, $30 for non-
members
From AARC Website
Module on: Pulmonary Function Testing: Advanced Concepts
• This pulmonary function technology course is designed to improve the respiratory therapist’s knowledge in various aspects of pulmonary function testing beyond the bedside. Chapters include:
• Lung volumes
• Diffusing capacity tests
• Quality assurance in the pulmonary function lab
• CRCE: 2.5 | Cost: $15 for AARC members, $30 for non-members
Module on: Pulmonary Function Testing: Pediatrics
• This pulmonary function technology course is designed to improve the respiratory therapist’s knowledge in various aspects of pulmonary function testing specific to infant and pediatric patients. Chapters include:
• Infant PFTs • Pediatric PFTs: reference sets, predicted values, confidence
intervals, and differences in pediatric and adult tests • Pediatric PFTs: technique in performing spirometry • Pediatric PFTs: structural changes in airways, lung volumes,
and diffusing capacity tests • CRCE: 4.5 | Cost: $40 for AARC members, $55 for non-
members
AARC Program: Emerging Roles for the Respiratory Therapist in Alpha-1
Antitrypsin Deficiency
• PFT Lab’s role in A-1AD
AARC U: The Learning Site of the AARC
PFT/Diagnostics Section
Example of AARC Webcast
Example of AARC Webcast
AARC Specialty Section:
Ongoing and Staff Driven
• PFT Graphic of the Month
• Review Any Lab Procedure
– Calibrations, tests, infection control
• Correct the Testing Errors
Manufacturer’s Websites
• http://www.morgansci.com
• http://www.mgcdiagnostics.com
• http://www.carefusion.com/our-products/respiratory-care/pulmonary-function-testing
Questions