Students graduate straight to the COVID-19 frontlines May 7, 2020
For someone who is hit hard by COVID-19, the sound is both reassuring and terrifying. The shoop click click, shoop click click, of a ventilator…
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Donation prepares students for hospital work March 31, 2020
Health-care workers have always been unsung heroes, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a new spotlight on the people who spend their lives saving others.…
Raising a paddle for health-care education February 25, 2020
Health-care education is getting more lifelike at TRU with the purchase of a new mannequin that can simulate the behaviour of a sick infant. The…
CHNL | Jeff Andreas Show Allison Innes-Wiens and Cory Croft on anti-vaping presentation November 20, 2019
Hear TRU Respiratory Therapy Lecturer Allison Innes-Wiens and student Cory Croft about the program they've developed with School District 73 to discourage youths from vaping.…
Infonews Kamloops | How a TRU lecturer is trying to educate teens and kids about vaping October 18, 2019
TRU lecturer Allison Innes-Wiens has teamed up with representatives from School District 73, several students from the respiratory therapy program and the School of Nursing…
Meet our donors: The TB Vets Charitable Foundation June 7, 2019
Support from the TB Vets Charitable Foundation and its donors has fuelled the respiratory therapy program at Thompson Rivers University for 30 years through critical…
Building a healthier future May 29, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
KamloopsMatters | Respiratory therapy students journey to Peru March 4, 2019
TRU respiratory students took a breath of relief to Peru and KamloopsMatters.com gives us the details. Read more
KamloopsMatters | Respiratory therapy students journey to Peru March 4, 2019
TRU respiratory students took a breath of relief to Peru and KamloopsMatters.com gives us the details. Read more
Sleep Centre Clinic aims to put more people to sleep October 12, 2018
Respiratory therapy students working to diagnose sleep disorders and connect community members with proper treatment just got busier. The TRU Centre for Respiratory Health and…
RT students helping others lead healthier lives July 21, 2017
You won't find them napping at their summer jobs, even if those jobs are at TRU’s Sleep Centre. Rather, they're wide awake and alert because…
New award recognizes unsung hero June 1, 2017
A few days after her first birthday, Imogen Padmore suffered complete respiratory failure due to a superbug infection (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Despite the many caregivers…
Science & tech program night a one-stop info source November 9, 2016
The Faculty of Science is gearing up for what could be its best Science and Technology Program Information Night ever. The Nov. 24 event runs…
Sleep centre needs patients October 26, 2016
Calling all those with chronic sleep disorders like sleep apnea and snoring: TRU’s sleep centre wants to hear from you. “We used to laugh at…
