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Not all shortness of breath is the same. When patients adapt to their symptoms, or when a current diagnosis just doesn’t fit, it’s time to dig deeper and see what is missing. In this episode, Amanda Atkinson, MSN, RN, talks with Physician Associate Brian Bizik, who shares clinical insight and his family’s personal story with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Unexplained breathlessness isn’t normal, and alpha-1 isn’t rare; it is just underdiagnosed. Join us and learn what you can do as a provider when symptoms just don’t add up. This episode has been sponsored by Grifols. To order free screening kits for your practice visit https://copdf.co/alpha1-orderkit. The receipt of these free testing services does not create any expectation or obligation to purchase or use any product or service by any manufacturer.

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What is it really like to live with an oxygen therapy prescription?

Join us for a conversation with two supplemental oxygen users, Jean and Art, who share their personal journeys with oxygen therapy. They are joined by “the Oxygen Guy,” Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT, Senior Director of Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs at the COPD Foundation, who helps uncover the challenges and benefits of navigating a supplemental oxygen prescription.

Together, the group discusses topics including advice for new users, pulmonary rehabilitation, differences in quality of life on oxygen therapy, and how clinicians can better support their patients.

World Oxygen Day is October 2. This episode is part two of a two-part series in honor of those who need or benefit from oxygen therapy. Learn more about World Oxygen Day at WorldOxygenDay.org

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How can health care providers better prepare their patients for living with oxygen therapy? Join “the Oxygen Guy,” Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT, Senior Director of Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs at the COPD Foundation, for a conversation about supplemental oxygen prescriptions and support for those who need it. Mike is joined by fellow respiratory therapists, Krystal Craddock, RRT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, and Chrysalis Ashton, MSRC, RRT, to discuss their unique practices in identifying patients who might benefit from oxygen therapy and how to prepare them for managing a supplemental oxygen prescription.

World Oxygen Day is October 2. This episode is part one of a two-part series in honor of those who need or benefit from oxygen therapy. Learn more about World Oxygen Day at WorldOxygenDay.org