Wednesday, May 26, 2010

2nd Monthly Article Review

2nd Monthly Article Review

Date: Changed from June 17th to July 1
Day: Thursday
Location: Pontiac Coffee House
City: Springdale
State: Arkansas

The article we will be reviewing is Trends in Non-invasive Respiratory Support: Continuum of Care. You can view or download the PDF File now.
Here

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

NWA RCP Monthly Article Review

Participation in The NWA RCP Monthly Article Review is strickly voluntary.
It is designed to help all participants keep-up with current trends
in Respiratory Care.

Most all articles reviewed will also provide 1 or 2 CEU credits when
the participant properly completes the test and successfully passes
the test.

Participants of each meeting will have an opportunity to share their
ideas about the content of the article in review. In the beginning all articles reviewed will be from Clinical Foundations 'A Patient-focused
Educational Program for Respiratory Care Professionals'


The first organizational meeting is designed to be a casual meeting.
We will discuss ideas on who will chair each meeting and when and where
to hold the monthly meetings.

The First Meeting will be at Chili's in Fayetteville Arkansas
on May 20th at 8pm. Sam McMillan will chair the first meeting.

The Second Meeting will be at the Pontiac Coffee House in Springdale
on June 17th at 7pm. Sam McMillan will chair the second meeting.

The article we will be reviewing is Trends in Non-invasive Respiratory Support: Continuum of Care. You can view or download the PDF File now.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

5 Minutes to Midnight

In 1987 while I was living in Bradenton Florida, I had a vision that I should start investigating Master Numbers. Over the course of about 30 days a system evolved that I entitled. "The Master Lotto System" (making order out of random). I used this system for a short period of time to select numbers for the Florida Lottery. On one particular day everything lined up in exact order, I placed my bet and won over 1-thousand dollars. I later moved to Maine and tried using the same system there without success. To this day I believe that lotto number selection is somehow tied to the GPS location of the drawing as well as other influences of our solar system. I have no doubt that there is order in everything. We might see it as random and we might believe that it is chance but I believe there is no chance, there is no luck. The choices we make in our everyday lifes are influenced by some higher order.

5 Minutes to Midnight

Armageddon - What might happen on December 21, 2012? What do the world's major religions say about the end of the world? Is Armageddon going to happen?

The Mayans, Nostradamus, The Bible, and other sources all claim the world will end in armageddon. Will it?

The Masons have been linked to many of history's greatest movements, but what do they think of the 2012 debate?

The history channel recently aired a very interesting program about the possibility of what could happen on or near December 12 2012. http://www.history.com/shows/armageddon/

Pastor Hagee a TV minister has been exploring the meaning of old testament scripture using numerology to predict the end of time.

Certainly we are living in an important era of change. Should we be concerned about what choices we make between now and December 21, 2012. Should we prepare for the collapse of the monetary system. Should we start coverting our paper dollars into silver and gold. Should we postpone major events like buying a house, going to school, getting married, traveling abroad, et cetra.

The countdown has started http://www.december212012.com/ what will we do with the days before 12/21/2012?

Will Christians soon become a minority in America? There are signs everywhere that people don't want GOD in their lives. As you look at people on the street tattoos, and body piercing are everywhere. I can't imagine this is because they love the Lord with All Their Heart.

Billboards are asking if you can do without GOD in your life? And then saying Millions Do! Muslim Mosque's are everywhere in America. Hate and racial violence are common place. When Obama ran for President he ran on the ticket of change. Everybody wanted change - they never asked what the change would be.

"In God We Trust" has been removed from the front of the new dollar coin and has been placed on the edge. How is that significant? The people of the world are living in a era of rebellion. Crisis is everywhere. The earth is rumbling and crumbling. How we you survive? If the time comes to choose between being a servant of your Government or being a Child of God, which will you choose?

The time is coming my friends. The time is at hand.

Now is the time choose between GOD and GOVERNMENT.

Which Choice Will You Make?

Sunday, January 31, 2010

10+ Free CEU's for Respiratory Care Practitioners

My, my, how time does fly! It's been almost 12 months since I renewed my Arkansas RCP license. I went to http://www.aarc.org/ to make a quick check of my CEUs and found that I am short by 4 ceu's and my yearly requirement is 12. That's not good enough 'cause I usually try to get at least 20 CEUs. My aim is to learn more and refresh more than just what is required! Hope there are others out there that feel the same way.

Puritan Bennett offers free, accredited online continuing education courses at http://www.puritanbennett.com/educ/onlineed.aspx

Passy Muir offers 5 Wonderful CEU's that are FREE http://www.passy-muir.com/ceu/
which I highly recommend. Some of the programs offerd are:

1. Ventilator Application of the Passy Muir Valve
2. Assessment and Placement of the Passy Muir Valve
3. Dysphagia and Improving Swallow
4. Pediatric Issues and Application of the Passy Muir Valve

Respironics offers many (6) FREE CEU's at http://elearning.respironics.com/ again I highly recommend these as well. Some of the programs offered are:

1. NPPV Across the Continuum of Care
2. Respiratory Monitoring: Principles and Clinical Application of Volumetric Capnography
3. Capnogrpahy Principles and Clinical Application
4. Clinical Application of Ventilator Waveforms and Trending
5. Noninvasive Ventilation in the Home
6. Cadence(tm) Self-Breathing System


I'll be adding more links as time passes so keep checking back or subscribe to my blog.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Northwest Arkansas Photos and Videos

After much encouragement from my wife I recently decided to post some of my photos online through a local tv station. Please visit http://ulocal.4029tv.com/sam_mcmillan and make comment to my photos.

Get $25 from my online investing broker

I really like investing with ShareBuilder because they make it easy and affordable for everybody. There.s no account minimum and no inactivity fees. Plus you get $25 when you start investing (and I'll get some investing credits). Visit http://www.sharebuilderfriends.com/url/redirect?l=-21648190940983535621&i=34c6be1d7547dfcc934687647abf382b