March 2007

Features

	Emergency Care
	Threats to the Profession: Scared About Nursing - Think Again
	by Douglas S. Laher, RRT, MBA
	In some institutions, nurses are taking on the chores of RTs, but nursing is not the only threat to the profession.

	Emergency Care
	Avian Flu Pandemic: Will We Be Prepared?
	by Carol Daus
	The impending avian flu pandemic has experts wondering how to ensure that there will be enough ventilators and a sufficient number of well-trained RTs to care for the possibly millions of victims.


	Emergency Care
	The Essential Toolbox
	by Alan W. Henschke, EMT-P
	The RT's toolbox should contain experience and skill as well as devices for managing difficult airways.


	Emergency Care
	The Technology of Transport: Safely Moving The Sickest Patients
	by Dana Hinesly
	RTs are taking their places as invaluable members of emergency transport teams.

Departments

	Editor's Message
	Turf Wars?
	by Marian Benjamin


	Guest Editorial
	It Doesn't Have To Be Culture Shock
	by Jim Christie, MPH, RRT
	Understanding and respecting cultural differences can help US health care providers when treating their Mexican patients.


	Market Analysis
	The Emergency Resuscitation Market
	by Tor Valenza
	RT talks to three resuscitation-device manufacturers about trends and issues in their market.


	Product Profiles


	Tech Focus
	Resuscitation and Emergency Care

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