Respiratory Care

Respiratory care provides services that are prescribed by a physician for the assessment, diagnostic evaluation, treatment management, and monitoring of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of cardiopulmonary function. The services of the Respiratory care department are available to all patients (adult, pediatric, and neonatal) 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Services include the following:

Therapeutic treatments:
Passive nebulizer treatment	Chest physiotherapy	Incentive spirometry
Breath actuated neb treatment	PEP therapy	Naso-tracheal suctioning
Metered dose inhaler	IPV

Oxygen delivery:
High flow systems	Aerosol/oxygen delivery	CPAP
Low flow systems	Oxyhood	Portable oxygen

Critical Care:
Mechanical ventilation	Code Blue/resuscitation	Airway management
High frequency ventilation	MET Team	Intubation
Nitric oxide	Inpatient transport	Tracheal suctioning
High Risk delivery	Infant transport team	Trauma Call team

Diagnostic services:
Arterial blood gas sampling	Pulse oximetry	Stress testing
Blood gas analysis	Pulmonary function testing	Body Plethysmography
Walk tests	Breathing mechanics

Other services:
Asthma education

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