Industry Updates, Awards, New RT Programs, and Tech

AARC member and Respiratory Care Editor-in-Chief Rich Branson, MSc, RRT, FAARC, FCC, was featured in an article in the Minnesota Star Tribune about Medtronic’s decision to shut down its ventilator business. Read it here.

AARC members Steve Eisemann, BS, RRT, LSSGBH, and Past-President Carl Hinkson, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, were featured in an article in The Star Democrat about UM Shore Regional Health’s receipt of the AARC’s Apex Award. Read it here.

AARC member Lasheia Begnaud, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in an article on the Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) website for being named to the MHA’s 2025 class of Emerging Leaders. Read it here.

AARC member John Shelburne, RRT, was featured in an article on LinkedIn for receiving this month’s Northeast Way Award from Northeast Mississippi Community College. Read it here.

AARC member Randy Solly, MS, RRT, RPFT, AE-C, was featured in an article on the delco.today website about his respiratory care program at Gwynedd Mercy University. Read it here.

AARC member Ravi Fernando, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in an article and video on the CBS News website about the fifth anniversary of COVID-19. Read and watch it here.

AARC member Zach Gantt, RRT, FAARC, was featured in an article in HME News about his company’s move to integrate its Nexus program with React Health, Mōvair, and Philips cloud-based ventilator management platforms. Read it here.