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Ask The RT - Tracy Cushing, BA, RRT
As a graduate of Dalhousie University (1993), Tracy Cushing continued her studies by completing the Respiratory Therapy program at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1995). Tracy has experience in many areas of Respiratory Therapy; in the hospital and home care fields, in research and in education of Respiratory Therapy students at the QEII/Dalhousie School of Health Sciences where she currently works. Tracy completed the COPD Educator Program at the Michener Institute in Toronto in 2006 and will be taking the AsthmaTrec program this coming fall Tracy is willing to answer several questions on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. If you have a question for her that you feel may be of benefit or interest to those or others living with COPD, she'll be more than happy to respond. Disclaimer: The response supplied by Ms Cushing to your question is intended solely as "general information" only and NOT diagnostic in any fashion. Ms Cushing's answers are based on her understanding of your query and on her personal knowledge and training as an RRT. As with anything of a medical nature you should ALWAYS check with your physician. NOTE: Questions/answers will be posted bi -weekly (under Recent Q's & A's) then catalogued or archived for future reference. Also; the weekly cut-off day is Wednesday evening. If your questions are received "after" that day, they will appear in the following week's upload.
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