Treatment and procedures provided by the Respiratory
Care Department include, but are not limited to,
diagnostic, evaluation, therapy and education
of the patient, family and public.
State-of-the-art facilities and services of the Respiratory Care Department include:
- Mechanical ventilator management
- Oxygen therapy
- Bedside pulmonary function studies
- Code Blue (provide airway management/cardiac compressions) assistance
- Arterial blood gas percutaneous punctures
- Patient transports (ventilator)
- Airway management
- Chest physical therapy
- Aerosol therapy
- Administration of medications
- Patient assessments
- Patient education
- Inservice/education of health care professionals
- Therapist-driven protocols
- Monitoring of patients on respiratory care equipment
- Indirect calorimetry
- Assessment of patients requiring home respiratory care services
- Sputum inductions
