CSRT News May 2010 Keeping members current on issues that matter

CSRT Conference Highlights

The CSRT annual Education Conference and Trade Show was a huge success with 364 delegates in attendance. The CSRT would like to thank the Newfoundland Host Committee for their tireless efforts in bringing a series of excellent speakers to the conference, providing lots of opportunities to network and showing us the legendary hospitality of St. John’s. This year’s conference introduced a number of new offerings.

Among the new events was the first Annual Run for Research. It was held on Sunday morning, May 16 at 7AM with ten hearty individuals out to run the 2.5km course along the St. John’s waterfront. Allan Shemanko of Alberta won a Walkman MP3 player for raising the most research money. In total $1,038.00 was raised to support respiratory therapists who do research.

To encourage delegate interaction with the many exhibitors who support the conference, exhibitors gave ballots to delegates for a draw. The draw prize was complimentary transportation, accommodation and registration for the CSRT conference in Quebec City - June 9 to12, 2011. The winning name was drawn at the President’s Banquet. Congratulations to Edna Cahill of Newfoundland.

As always, the Airway Olympics Sputum Cup Challenge was very well attended, with special guest, Olympic medal winner for curling at the 2010 Winter Games - Susan O’Connor was in attendance to hand out awards. After lots of fierce competition trying to intubate patients in difficult situations, the winners were finally declared. The team with the fastest time was Joanne Abbott and Mervyn Greenham.  A special thank you to Rick Paradis for organizing this very popular event.

CSRT Poster Presentation Winner

Geoff Flannagan of Ontario is the winner of the Poster Presentations at the Conference with his poster entitled “A Collaborative Inter-professional Approach to Reducing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the Critically Ill Child”. All conference abstracts will be featured in full in the Summer issue of the CJRT. Geoff will receive complimentary registration to the 2011 conference in Quebec City.

Please note that conference presentations from speakers who gave permission to share their work will be available on the CSRT website on June 4, 2010.

Thank you to our Newfoundland Host Committee! Cheryl Bailey, Kim Burry, Edna Cahill, Jessie Cox, Wanda Dollard, Tammy Fagan, Rick Halfyard, Melissa Keeping, Bonnie O’Leary, Trinda Payne, Vickie Penney, Cheryl St. Croix, David Squires and Wade Wheeler

CSRT Education Conference and Trade Show 2011
Quebec City, QC  -  June 9 -12

Professional Awards
Colya Kaminiarz Professional Achievement and Knowledge Award Jim McCormick	Jim McCormick (left) accepts the Colya Kaminiarz Professional Achievement and Knowledge Award from CSRT President, Daniel McPhee
CSRT President’s Award (Sponsored by Trudell Medical Marketing) Angela Coxe	Angela Coxe (left) accepts the CSRT President’s Award from sponsor representative Dawn O’Hearn,Trudell Medical Marketing and CSRT President, Daniel McPhee
Robert Merry Lecturer (Co-sponsored by Roxon Medi-Tech and Nonin) Phil Richardson	Phil Richardson receives the Robert Merry award from CSRT President,Daniel McPhee (left) and sponsor representative Michael Solomita, Co-sponsored by Roxon Medi-Tech and Nonin Medical
Student Awards
The CSRT student members who have achieved the highest marks on their first successful attempt at the national exam within 18 months of graduation are:
GOLD  - Deanna Simons - Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia SILVER - Genevieve Tozer - Algonquin College, Ontario BRONZE - Dana Dryfhout  – Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia	CSRT Gold Medal winner Deanna Simons and CSRT President, Daniel McPhee
CSRT/CAREstream Student Excellence Awards
Sherry Hill College of the North Atlantic, Newfoundland	Kaven Godbout Le Cégep de Ste-Foy, Québec
Chantale Blanchard New Brunswick Community College (NBCC), Saint John, New Brunswick	Justine Boilard Le Cégep de Sherbrooke, Québec
Mireille Dubé Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (C.C.N.B.), campus Dieppe, Nouveau-Brunswick	Julie Tremblay Cégep de Chicoutimi, Québec
Anthony Robichaud QEII/Dalhousie School of Health Sciences, Nova Scotia	Kimberley Fournier Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, Ontario
Jenn  Tardiff Vanier College, Quebec	Dominic Séguin La Cité Collégiale-Collége d'arts appliqués et de technologie, Ontario
Angela Kroll Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology, Ontario	Katie Gyenes Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Ontario
Laura Van Bommel Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, Ontario	Heather McPhail The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Ontario
Vladimir Snovida University of Manitoba-School of Medical Rehabilitation, Manitoba	Kathryn Sleen Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Alberta
Tiffany Duthie Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Alberta	Deanna Simons Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia
Sandra Di Palma Le Collège de Rosemont, Québec
Mo Shariff (right), President of CAREstream Medical, presents CSRT/CAREstream Student Excellence award to Angela Kroll of Canador College of Applied Arts and Technology, along with John Malone, CAREstream Clinical Specialist, (left) and CSRT President, Daniel McPhee	Mo Shariff (right), President of CAREstream Medical, presents CSRT/CAREstream Student Excellence award to Sherry Hill of the College of the North Atlantic, along with John Malone, CAREstream Clinical Specialist (left) and CSRT President, Daniel McPhee

CAREstream Medical Ltd. is committed to supporting excellence in respiratory care and their support and sponsorship of this award helps to highlight the achievements of students who will become leaders in advancing the profession in the future.

CSRT Annual General Business Meeting

At the AGM, held in St. John’s, NL, the CSRT introduced the new professional designation - CSRT Fellow (FCSRT). This designation was created by the Board of Directors to promote professional development of CSRT members. The CSRT will begin to accept applications on September 1st. Applications will be reviewed by the Board in November and certificates will be issued in January 2011. Criteria and application forms will be available on the CSRT website in the near future.

CSRT Executive 2010-2011

(Left to Right) James McCormick, President-Elect; Jeffrey Dmytrowich, Treasurer;
Michael Lemphers, President; Daniel McPhee, Past-President.

Thank you to our 2010 Conference sponsors!

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