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AASM and AAST Send Open Letter to State Respiratory Care Society Presidents
On May 13, The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) issued a joint open letter in response to the April 15 message from the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) that stated that the respiratory profession was “under attack” by polysomnographic legislation.
This is the letter in its entirety, which is an open letter posted to the AASM website:
This is the letter in its entirety, which is an open letter posted to the AASM website:
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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The original communication that kind of initiated this from the Respiratory Therapist group crying and piddling and moaning that their tender toes were being stepped on left me w/the impression they were the ones trying to horn in on the sleep diagnostic profession rather than vice versa.
Good for AAST for sticking w/the high road!!!! And AASM as well.
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So typical of the medical profession, protect their own at all costs, even at the cost of their patients.I can't say that the AARC's stand has been very impressive or exemplary.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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From what I know it is respiratory that is trying to move in on sleep. I do not see alot of sleep techs going after respiratory jobs. I was told by an older RRT that had made the switch that it was because it was easier. This after I had been busting my @$$ for over a year to learn to do it right.
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Oh, yeah, that is the DISTINCT impression I got as well. After all "they" have the "medical degree". Just because they do does NOT make them capable of doing even a decent job of conducting a good and thorough PSG. H*ll, how many have we met that don't even know how to properly set up an xPAP, or bother to read the Clinicans Manual to learn how. Just follow the Quick SetUp Guide, use the Default settings for all but what doctor ordered ..., yet they don't seem to want to go thru the necessary training to become GOOD, QUALIFIED PSGTs, much less RPSGTs. I''m sorry, it must be the bad odor so many of the local DME supplier's RTs and sleep doctors have left.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on
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what's this business i've heard from time to time about every DME needing an RRT on staff to sell CPAP supplies? Maybe this "law" rumor was started by the AARC?
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To the best of my knowledge, Mike, that is NOT a rumor, law does require that the local DME suppliers MUST have a Registered Respiratory Therapist "on staff". At least until now that has NOT meant that the RRT be the one to set up your xPAP. It is my understanding that non-RRT staff could set up our xPAPs according to script "under the supervision of" the RRT (who didn't even need to be watching or even in the facility at the time - who is going to prove otherwise?). Daniel would know better than I - but then there COULD also be some state laws more strict than federal law.
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