American Association for Respiratory Care   

Provides tips for managing COPD, with a focus on nutrition and exercise. Also discusses medication-taking habits and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Use these brochures to supplement information for living healthier, more active lives. Give them to your patients and their families, as materials for group presentations, or as health fair giveaways. Professional brochures are 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and are printed in full color front and back. Shrink-wrapped in a package of 50 brochures. AARC Copyright 2008. These educational handouts have the same great look and pricing that you have enjoyed on other lung health brochures from AARC, but the content was completely updated in 2008. To see all the topics available in this series of lung health brochures, click on the category "Patient Education and Forms" at the right of the screen.

Reviews current evidence supporting pulmonary rehabilitation; discusses key outcomes and the resources required for a successful program. Presenters: Brian Carlin, MD, FAARC and Trina Limberg, RRT, FAARC. DVD contains 60-minute video plus PDF of accompanying slides. AARC Copyright 2006.

Learn the answers to: what is a sound pulmonary rehabilitation program; how to set up a rehab program; the role of assessment in developing an exercise prescription for patient rehab; and the issues surrounding reimbursement and what the future holds. Featuring Julien M. Roy, BA, RRT and Richard D. Branson, BA, RRT. 90 minute Video.

RC Journal - September 2008 - page 1185

RC Journal - September 2009 - page 1163