It’s hard to believe we’re already two weeks into the new year. While you’re still getting used to writing 2019 rather than 2018, chapter leaders should also be working to plan their chapter’s calendar of events for the new year.Read More »
The 2019 ACDIS conference, which takes place May 20-23 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, is set to be a fantastic event. With six educational tracks and more than 90 speakers,...Read More »
Last night, I stopped to pick up a few things at Staples. At the checkout counter, the clerk ran into a couple of challenges. None of these interruptions in my checkout experience were this individual’s fault and she handled them while keeping a shy smile and...Read More »
The conversation bounced around the importance of building a community of caring. The speakers talked about the development of family and the communities that extended families create. They also spoke of changing societal norms which make geographic, topic-...Read More »
There are a number of etiologies leading to pediatric respiratory failure, just as there are with adult patients. To begin with, pediatric patients can come to an acquired extrathoracic airway from an infectious source (e.g., retropharyngeal abscesses, Ludwig’s angina, bacterial tracheitis,...Read More »
Every year the Chapter Advisory Board reviews the local chapter agreement form to ensure compliance with best practices and update the document with benefits for leadership and local chapter members. While there were only minor changes to this year, local chapter leaders must review, sign, and...Read More »
