Disclaimers

This web site is for those needing detailed information and or continuing education in the circulatory and respiratory systems. The information in this web site is in no way meant to be a substitute for the expertise and experience that only a doctor can provide. Any information on pharmaceuticals, treatments, or testing is intended to be for viewers in the United States.

Some Things about this Site

This site is best described as a community wiki and social tagging site. It has been designed to be compatible with mobile web enabled devices giving the user a reference library at bedside. The hope of this site is to become a reference point for those needing information on respiratory medicine.

When needed, links will be provided at the bottom of the page for the source of information for the articles.

About the author - Unless otherwise noted, the author of the content on this site is Tim Otter. I am a registered respiratory therapist with 15 years of hospital experience in delivering respiratory medicine in the Midwestern United States.

Membership - Membership will no longer be offered for this site.

For the purpose of this website comments are considered content below the word "Comments:" on certain pages in this site. Posts are content that will be given a new URL address on creation.

Anyone can make comments on a article.

Since a goal of this site is to be a bedside reference it is important that authors feel a sense of responsibility for their posts. It is for this reason anonymous posts are not allowed and users real names will be used on their posts.

Anyone will be allowed to take CEUs from the content created on the site.

Anyone will be allowed to make a suggestion on additional content on this site using the suggestion form http://www.respology.com/wiki/newPageIdea.aspx This content once submitted will be revued by an editor before it becomes part of the site.

We will follow the guidelines of the AARC concerning respiratory care CEUs http://www.aarc.org/education/crce_app/forms/AARC-CRCE-App-Non-Trad.rtf

Advertising

The advertisers and affiliations on this site if present will be clearly marked. The owners of this web site have no control over the content of web sites which provide advertising or affiliate material or which we link to. This web site does not regulate the content of these sites. One of the advertisement relationships is with Google's Adsense. As per our relationship with Google's contextual advertising network (Adsense) ads based on the context of the site may be placed on the right hand side of a web page. This web site has no control over the content displayed in these advertisements.

Funding

This website is currently funded by it's owner, Tim Otter.

Submission policy:

We thank you for your interest in submitting to Respology.com, please observe the following:

Posting or editing content on this site is open only to medical professionals located in the United States.

By submitting content you agree that the content you submitted becomes the property of Respology.com.

By submitting content you allow others to make comments on and if you permit, to edit the content you submitted.

No copyrighted material is allowed to be posted on this site unless it falls under fair use guidelines. If you use copyrighted material to make a point, that material should be given a reference, preferably in the form of a link.

Keep your language professional in manner.

Posts / Web Pages

Posts are considered content with their own specific web page(url address), or a page with a specific query string.

This site cannot allow posts that offer medical advice, nor advice that goes beyond the training of the membership of this site.

Unless otherwise specifically stated on a post, the posts on this site will be considered the ideas of the writer of the post and not of the writer's place of employment.

Comments

Comments on this site is considered content starting in the middle section below the title "Comments".

Anonymous comments on posts can be made by anyone visiting the site. Those submitting comments are to asked to keep their comments on the topic of the post. Off topic comments, those that are considered spam or those that are considered by the owner of this site to be in poor taste will be removed. This site cannot allow comments that offer medical advice, nor advice that goes beyond the training of the members of this site. Readers of this site have to realize that these comments may or may not be made by medical professionals.

Email Policy

The owner of this site will not answer email requests concerning personal information, conditions, or disease processes. Those types of questions can be better answered by your physician. This site will not give email addresses out to others.

If possible, emails will be answered within 24 hours.

An email address is required to login to restricted areas of the site. This email address will not be used for any other purpose.

CEUs:
Any personal information that is provided through web forms will be stored in a database associated with Respology.com. It will only be used to verify that you took a CEU course. It will not be used for any other purpose. This site will follow the guidelines of the AARC concerning the storage of personal and professional information http://www.aarc.org/education/crce_app/forms/AARC-CRCE-App-Non-Trad.rtf

Membership:
Any personal information that is provided through web forms will be stored in a database associated with Respology.com. It will only be used to identify the author of the webpages. It will not be used for any other purpose.

Contact Information of the owner of this site:

Tim Otter
215 W. 7thW. 7th
Newton, KS 67114
1-316-283-8951
Email - Click to Contact Tim Otter

Last Updated 3/17/2007 6:51:05 AM