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Kerry George

General information

I am the Program Director and one of two full-time instructors in the Respiratory Therapy program. I teach classroom, laboratory and practicum classes to students in the program each term. I have been with the DMACC Respiratory Therapy Program since June of 1977. Though I have been teaching for quite a while, in respiratory care for even longer, I met neither Joseph Priestly nor Thomas Beddoes personally. If you have questions about the respiratory therapy program or want any other information about the respiratory care profession, please contact me by any of the methods listed below.

Communication Information

	kegeorge@dmacc.edu
	515-964-6298 or 800-362-2127 ext. 6298
	515-964-6327 515-333-0046 Cell Phone
	Building 9, Room 26A
Office hours	Monday 7:30 AM – 8:50 AM, 9:15 AM – 11:05 AM, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tuesday 7:30 AN – 9:50 AM Wednesday 7:30 AM – 8:50 AM, 9:15 AM – 11:05 AM, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Thursday Practicum at Iowa Methodist Medical Center Friday 7:30 AM – 8:50 AM, 9:15 AM – 11:05 AM, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Courses I teach and links to them

RCP 100 Introduction to Respiratory Therapy

RCP 250 Cardiopulmonary Therapeutics

RCP 400 Respiratory Therapy Pharmacology

RCP 410 Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics

RCP 800 Respiratory Therapy Management and Ethics

RCP 715 Respiratory Therapy Practicum IV

RCP 720 Respiratory Therapy Practicum V

August Academy

Background Information

I started my career in respiratory care (inhalation therapy back then) in 1973. I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in June of that year. I began to work as an on-the-job trainee in the inhalation therapy department of Freeport Memorial Hospital that summer. In the spring of 1974, I attended the Accelerated Respiratory Therapy Program at the University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics School. I completed the National Board for Respiratory Care credentialing process to become a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) in 1975. I worked at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Madison Wisconsin prior to joining the faculty of the DMACC respiratory therapy program in the summer of 1977.

I had the privilege of serving the American Association for Respiratory Care as President in 1997. I served as president of the Iowa Society for Respiratory Care in 1986. I was Awarded Life Membership in the AARC in 2000 and in the ISRC in 2000. I am currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Board for Respiratory Care and the Iowa Board for Respiratory Therapy.

Internet Links:

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)

Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)

Lambda Beta Respiratory Therapy Honor Society

Iowa Respiratory Therapy Licensure Board

Iowa Society for Respiratory Care

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Virtual Hospital

US Department of Labor Description of Respiratory Therapy

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Updated 9/10/2007