My Old Kentucky Lungs
My Old Kentucky Lungs
Kyle C Mahan
An entertaining and interesting podcast where healthcare professionals sit down and share their thoughts, stories, and opinions about healthcare, lung health, respiratory care nationwide, and of course, our old Kentucky home. Cover art photo provided by Amy Reed on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@amybethreed
Pulmonary Rehab is that industry we need to know more about
Joined by my friend Susan Lawson, RRT, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation queen for a really great discussion. What's life like on the pulmonary rehab side of patient care and what do we all need to know. 
Feb 7, 2020
1 hr 6 min
Happy Respiratory Care Week w/ Lee Wisdom!
We cover a host of important issue such as the most popular RT potluck items, music with the words breathe in the title, being an RT Traveler, and other vitally important issues that will make your life that much better
Oct 24, 2019
1 hr 10 min
A sit down with Josh Curtis and understanding the mysterious side of healthcare (Vendors)
We talk with Josh Curtis, a Clinical Applications Specialist for Hamilton Medical and learn about what its like to transition to the vendor/sales side of healthcare and steps he took and recommends for others thinking about this type of career transition
Aug 16, 2019
1 hr 27 min
'Floor' Therapy is better than ICU therapy. Prove Patti Gilpin Wrong
In this episode, we sit down with RT Assessor, COPD Foundation State Captain, and Committee Chair for KSRC, Patti Gilpin, RRT. We talk about her career and how she came to be in her current role managing RT Protocols at a large hospital system. She also shares her advice on career planning, and how to potentially get into a 'non-traditional' role.
Jun 27, 2019
56 min
Students are the Future, and Will Vents End Up Taking Our Jobs Away? (Clickbait)
On this episode of My Old Kentucky Lungs (improved audio), we sit down with Tim Hadden and Mike Bennett of Lexington, KY. and talk education, before and after graduation, and how far ventilators have come over the past century.
May 16, 2019
55 min
Episode 2: A Bottle Wine and Lung Health
We sit down with Louisville's Tami Cappelletti from the American Lung Association. We talk about her days as a bedside RT, the MA-1 vent, lung health and legislation in Kentucky, cigs and vaping, and how volunteering can help advance your career.
Apr 23, 2019
55 min
Episode 1. A Respiratory Therapist and Nurse Have Coffee
We sit down with Thomas Pilletteri, a registered nurse in Louisville, KY. We talk shop, the Vanderbilt nursing incident, finishing NP program, and where we see our professions growing and collaborating.
Apr 1, 2019
22 sec