Originally published Fall Newsletter 2023. Written by Alexis Cardinali, PA-C. Each year as the seasons change, outpatient clinics and emergency departments alike will see an influx of children with signs and symptoms of bronchiolitis starting in October, peaking in January/February, and ending in May. This is a major cause of…
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Originally published Summer Newsletter 2024. Written by Sarah Adams, PA-C, ConnAPA Immediate Past President. On September 11th almost 200 PAs, PA students, AAPA staffers and legislative champions swarmed the capital in the name of advocacy. Meetings were held across the capital with State Representatives, Senators and/or their knowledgeable staffers to…
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Originally published Summer Newsletter 2024. Written by Cayla Daniele, PA-C. When was the last time that you took a deep breath at work? When was the last time at work that you thought about your 5 senses. What do you hear? See? Smell? Touch? Taste? Did you gobble that lunch…
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Originally published Spring Newsletter 2024. Written by Alexis Cardinali, PA-C. Thank you to all of those who helped to make our 37th Annual Charter Oak Conference one of our best yet! Our conference took place from March 24th through March 27th of this year. As always, we are so grateful…
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Originally published Winter Newsletter 2024. Written by Mick Devanney, MBA, MHA, PA-C, Chair, ConnAPA History Committee. Burdeen Camp was a founding member of the Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants and the Connecticut Physician Assistant Foundation. She served as ConnAPA President from 1978-1979 and served as the Delegate to the AAPA…
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My Time on the “Other” Side Originally published Fall Newsletter 2023. Written by Becky Calabrese, MBA, MHS, PA-C. It’s 6:00am and my alarm goes off, although I’ve been sitting awake tossing and turning for what feels like all night. Does anyone actually sleep in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy anyway?…
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Originally published November 2023. Written by Adam R. Olsen, DMSc, M.S., PA-C, CCDS. Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an airway disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation due to chronic inflammation, destruction of lung parenchyma and alveolar abnormalities.1 COPD is the fourth-ranked leading cause of death…
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Originally poster in Winter Newsletter 2023 Volume 13, Issue 1. Written by Courtney Murray, MPAS, PA-C A few months ago, I was at the beginning of my week on the medicine service and just getting ready to start morning rounds. I walked into the room of an elderly gentleman whom…
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