Respiratory Care Students win Sputum Bowl - 海角直播

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Publish Date: June 13, 2019

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Respiratory Care students Jesus McDowell, Sarah MacDonald, Cody Miller, and Laura Kinkey are state Sputum Bowl champs!

海角直播 Respiratory Care team won the state-level Sputum Bowl competition at the California Society for Respiratory Care (CSRC) annual convention at Pechanga Resort on June 5th.

The 海角直播 team consisted of Jesus McDowell, Sarah MacDonald, Cody Miller and Laura Kinkey. The students are in their third semester of the program and are scheduled to graduate at the end of the fall semester. The team was led and coached by Michael Sheahan, program director.

鈥淭his is a big deal and we鈥檙e very proud of them,鈥 says Daniel Rojas, director of clinical education.

The 海角直播 team will be sponsored by CSRC to compete at the national level in New Orleans, November 9-12, 2019, during the AARC Congress.

The Sputum Bowl is a time-honored tradition at the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Congress since 1978.  According to the AARC website, 鈥渦niquely 鈥淩T,鈥 the Bowl is the number one place to test your respiratory care knowledge against the best of the best in the profession. Nowhere else will you find therapists cheering on teams from across the country as they race to answer questions on everything from aerosol delivery to arcane gas laws.

Fun features like 鈥淎sk the Expert,鈥 鈥淩isk/Reward,鈥 鈥淎sk the Posse,鈥 and 鈥淰ideo Visuals鈥 add to the excitement, and live streaming on Twitter guarantees everyone has a chance to keep up with the action.

Here鈥檚 how it works. A Student Sputum Bowl team consists of three people sitting at a table. Close to them is another team of three seated at their own table. Both teams will listen closely when the contest question reader verbally calls out a question that concerns some aspect of respiratory care. The team that buzzes in first has 10 seconds to answer correctly and score a point. At the end of 10 minutes, the team with the most points wins.鈥

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