52ndANNUAL NMSRC
2018SUMMER CONVENTION PROGRAM
Looking to the Future
Thursday and Friday, August 2nd and 3rd, 2018

Location/Hotel Information

Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel

54 Jemez Canyon Dam Road

Bernalillo, NM 87004

Phone 505-867-0000

52ndANNUAL NMSRC
SUMMER CONVENTION PROGRAM
CEUs awarded: AARC/NMSRC, NM RN, NM EMS, AAST
Looking to the Future
Wednesday, August 1st
5:30 – 7:30 pm / NMSRC Board Meeting (all are welcome)
Thursday, August2nd
8:00 – 8:45 am / Participant Registration & Vendor Registration/Set Up
8:45 – 9:00 am / Welcome
Sarah Lyon, RRT, RCP
NMSRC President
9:00 – 10:00 am / A Swing and a Hit: Why Respiratory Therapists Should Step Up to the Plate
Keynote Speaker–Becky Anderson, RRT
10:00 – 10:30 am / Grand Opening Vendor Area
10:30 – 11:30 am / Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Neonate
Jennifer Anderson, MD
11:30 – 12:30 pm / Lunch On Your Own/Vendor Area Open
12:30 – 1:30 pm / The Life2000: Reducing Readmissions and Other Applications
Wesley R. Arnold, RRT
1:30 – 2:30 pm / Respiratory Therapy – Not Just About Breathing Anymore
Vesta Sandoval, MD, FCCP
2:30 – 3:30 pm / Break/Vendor Area Open
3:30 – 4:30 pm / Management of the Complex Organ Donor Patient
David Comfort, RRT, CPTC
4:30–5:30 pm / Anatomy of the NMSRC
NMSRC Board of Directors Interactive Panel Discussion
6:30 –8:30 pm / Sputum Bowl Competition
Friday, August3rd
7:30 – 8:00 am / Registration Booth Open
Vendor Area Open
8:00 – 9:00 am / Implementing a Successful COPD Care Program
Becky Anderson, RRT
9:00 – 10:00 am / What’s New?: Highlights of Recent Respiratory Research
Susan Pasnick, MD
10:00 – 11:00 am / Break/Vendor Area Open
11:00 – 12:30 pm / Awards Ceremony Luncheon
12:30 – 1:30 pm / Non-Invasive Ventilation – Reducing COPD Exacerbations and Readmissions
Kim Applegarth, RRT
1:30 – 2:30 pm / The Case for EtCO2in the EMS/Out-of-Hospital Environment
Alex Howell, NRP, FP-C, NM, I/C
2:30 / Final Raffle Drawing / CEU Certificate Distribution

Be sure to turn in your CEU paperwork and collect your CEUs prior to leaving the conference. CEU’s will be emailed within 30 days.

FACULTY

Becky Anderson, RRT
Jennifer Anderson, MD / Medical Director, Presbyterian Hospital NICU
Wesley R. Arnold, RRT
Vesta Sandoval, MD, FCCP / Director of Pulmonary Critical Care, Lovelace Medical Center
David Comfort, RRT, CPTC
Susan Pasnick, MD
Kim Applegarth, RRT
Alex Howell, NRP, FP-C, NM, I/C

For more information, please contact us.

RT CEUs: Roger Willcoxen, RRT (575) 317 – 1253,

Speakers: Sarah Lyon, RRT (505) 681 – 2444,

Vendors: Ian Clark RRT, (575) 649 – 1274, or Sarah Lyon

General Registration Form
Secure Online Registration and Payment (MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover)
is Available as Well at
Print this form, fill it out and mail it with payment to the address below
Name
Street
City
State/Zip
Phone Email Address
Place of Employment
AARC Number Expiration Date
Rates
 AARC Member $180.00 ($200.00 after July 20th)
 Non-Member $265.00 (Includes AARC/NMSRC Membership)* ($285.00 after July 20th)
 Nurse or other (non-RT) Health Care Provider $265.00
 RCP Student $60.00 (No CEUs will be provided)
 One-Day Reg Thurs, Aug 2nd $105.00 (member)/$145.00 (non-member-does NOT include a membership)
 One-Day Reg Friday, Aug 3rd $105.00 (member)/$145.00 (non-member-does NOT include a membership)
 Additional Lunch Tickets $35.00 Each
Mail-in Registration Must Be Postmarked by July 25th, 2018
Make Checks Payable to:
NMSRC
PO Box 35417 Station D
Albuquerque, NM 87176-5417