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Registered Polysomnographic Tech

Department: Sleep Lab || Status: Full-time || Schedule: Nights - 40 hrs, Monday - Friday || Location: Good Shepherd Health Care System - Hermiston, Oregon || Pay: $27.52 - 45.69/hr || $5,000 Sign-On Bonus Overview Job Description: Polysomnographer is responsible for...

Respiratory Therapist – Salem Health, Hospitals & Clinics

Respiratory Therapist | Salem Health | Salem & Dallas, Oregon Department: Respiratory Therapy || Status: Full-time || Schedule: Nights (Variable 3x12's) || Location: Salem Hospital Main Campus & West Valley Hospital (Dallas, OR) Pay: $35.06/hr -DOE+ shift...

Respiratory Therapist – PeaceHealth – Springfield, Oregon

Respiratory Therapist | PeaceHealth Department: Respiratory Therapy || Status: Full-time || Schedule: Nights || Locations: Springfield, Oregon  Pay: $33.23 – $56.85 ***Hiring Bonus and Relocation Assistance may be Available.*** PeaceHealth offers careers in...

RT Licensing Process

RT Licensing Process

RT Licensing Process in Oregon Board Exam Instructor denotes “graduated” on the NBRC website. Student logs on to NBRC.org and clicks on examinations, chooses credential desired (CRT, RRT, etc) and under LINKS, choose submit an online application Complete test...

Lung Recruitment Maneuvers: Should we do them?

Lung Recruitment Maneuvers: Should we do them?

By Joe Dwan, MS, RRT As RCPs, there are many lung recruitment maneuvers that our profession has utilized over the years. Defining lung recruitment maneuver as a technique to open collapsed alveoli, incentive spirometry is a lung recruitment maneuver. For mechanical...

AARC Asthma Educator Certification

AARC Asthma Educator Certification

Dear AARC Member: I am very pleased to announce that the AARC’s popular Asthma Educator Certification Preparation Course is now accessible on line. This means that you can view the asthma course when it is convenient to you. It’s available on line and on demand.There...

2016 OSRC Conference Slides

Below are the presenter slides from the 2016 Conference Educating your Patient about Sleep Disordered Breathing by Mari Goldner, MD Health Care and the Child with Health Issues by Lisa Greene Marijuana and the Lungs by Brenda Marsh, MD MERS (Middle East Respiratory...