Rural First Responders and New Ways to Use Back-up Ventilators

By Debbie Bunch

June 23, 2025 | 1 min read

AARC member Paul Perlmutter, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, was featured in an article on opb.org about rural first responders in Oregon. Read it here.

AARC members Jay Shedd, BBA, RRT, RRT-NPS, Hugh Mosley, RRT, RRT-ACCS, and Myra Stearns, MHA, RRT, RPFT, were featured in an article in the Coosa Valley News about how they worked together to access a backup high-frequency oscillatory ventilator (HFOV) when the two HFOVs at Jay’s hospital were already in use by critically ill newborns. Read it here.

AARC member Mindy Conklin, MRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT, RCP, had the opportunity to serve as the keynote speaker for the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care and as a speaker at the second annual Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Debbie Bunch

Debbie Bunch has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas and lives in Dallas, Texas. She has spent many years writing for the AARC on topics ranging from clinical innovations to management. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, photography, and spending time with friends, family, and her rescue pup Juju.

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