Comments from Peter Farrell CEO of ResMed at ASAA Lecture

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:37 pm

Ok, here is one of the better quotes from the evening from Peter Farrell.

"CPAP is as dangerous as a bowl of cereal, the only way you can get hurt by one is if someone picks the damn thing off the nightstand and hits you over the head with it."

He also goes back and forth with Dr Rappoport regarding study information.

Listen here

Note: The same applies to this file, if it doesn't stream correctly, hit the pause button and wait for it to buffer.

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:34 pm

Ok, fess up, who has listened to this?

I hope to have Dr Barbara Phillips comments up tomorrow...

slowday · Post by **slowday** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:41 pm

I just listened to it and it was a very interesting exchange. Thanks for providing it.

Titrator · Post by **Titrator** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:10 pm

Howdy,

Barbara Phillips is a physician in Lexington, KY. She is a very nice woman, and extremelyi gifted. She has a new lab at Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Lexington.

Any folks in driving distance should become one of her patient's. She is the best I have seen.

Regards,

Ted

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:27 am

I listened to the Farrell/Rappoport exchange just now. Rappoport was very easy to understand, very clear enunciation. Unfortunately, most of Farrell's comments were very difficult for me to understand. I don't think it was the accent - I couldn't make out very many of his words. Darn.

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:57 am

rested gal wrote:I listened to the Farrell/Rappoport exchange just now. Rappoport was very easy to understand, very clear enunciation. Unfortunately, most of Farrell's comments were very difficult for me to understand. I don't think it was the accent - I couldn't make out very many of his words. Darn.

RG,

Same here! I think it is his Aussie(?) accent and lingo. He also talks very fast.

It's all very interesting... I wish I was there.

A big thanks to Mike again for recording and posting this event.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:47 am

Just curious
did each of these speakers give permission to record and post their speeches or is this just done without their knowlege?

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:21 am

Permission was received from the organizer of the Event. And the streaming audio is provided also with his permission.

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:39 am

Anonymous wrote:Just curious
did each of these speakers give permission to record and post their speeches or is this just done without their knowlege?

Is there a reason why you are hiding behind guest and making wild accusations? You obviously weren't there, and didn't see the microphone that he had to pick up to ask the question. It was also transcribed, (by someone else) in its entirety. As permission was given to record the event, and it was an open to the public event, there is no expectation of privacy. The recording was intended as a newsgathering method and used as such. If you still have a problem with it, why don't you stop hiding behind guest and speak your mind. In the meantime if any of it bothers you, feel free to skip over my posts in the future.

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:55 pm

I have put the recording back out after processing it a bit. Let me know if that sounds better...

noahmckinnon · Post by **noahmckinnon** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:21 pm

Thanks for posting all this info about the conference you attended, Mike. Do you have access to or know where one can download the transcription?

Regarding the above guest's post, it's difficult to discern the tone of the question (as I find it is often with the written word), but I'm not sure it's an accusatory one. Perhaps just curiosity? My 2¢

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:37 pm

I don't know where or if it will be available. As for the tone, the part that I find a problem with is

or is this just done without their knowlege?

If there was truly a concern then that part would not have been included. The tone is not one of curiousity, but one of accusation to me. If that is not the case fine, but I have not seen anything to the contrary...

Plus it wouldn't be the first time that someone hiding behind GUEST made accusations... One of the dangers of posting as a guest, you will always be taken in the worst light because of a few others that decided to ruin it for the others...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:02 pm

It took a minute or two to get used to the Australian accent but not very long to get the jist of what the exchange was about. This is what I got out of it.

Farrell seemed to be saying that because the cpap had as much downside as eating a bowl of cereal ( assuming that your cereal costs about a grand a bowl) it could be used for anything that anecdotal evidence says it might be helpful for. The Professor was saying that until there is quantitative studies showing the usefulness for different healh issues that it should be confined to OSA.

But from reading hundreds of forum posts I'd have to side with neither of them. It seems the big obstacle is lack of guidance to overcome problems in using the machines, no matter what its used for. Since I've been telling people that I'm starting therapy I've run into three people who put down the mask out of frustration and not put it on again. To pick up on a theme of a past thread, its the compliance that counts. It seems that once the study is done and the machine delivered then its up to people who don't really know what they're doing to get themselves into nightly compliance through trial and error.

I'm just getting started with the wonderful world of cpap-ery. I received my first ever machine today and tonight I take it for the maiden voyage. I hope its smooth sailing but from reading lots of posts I've learned to temper my expectations.

Allan

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:10 pm

This exchange was not really about compliance. It was more about the numbers of folks that potentially have OSBD/OSA and finding them to treat. Farrells position is, forget about the kilobuck sleep studies, and the ambulatory PSG. Prescribe CPAP and see if they get better. It is not a dangerous therapy and there is MUCH to be gained from quick diagnosis and treatment. Dr Barbara Phillips did a powerpoint presentation suggesting this.

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:50 pm

Did the reprocessing help the audio quality? He does have an accent that makes it a bit difficult to understand him, even in person.