Respiratory Therapy

 

 

Respiratory Care Services covers:

  • All Inpatient Wards
  • All Outpatient Clinics (areas)
  • ICUs
  • ER
  • OR – for a limited function
  • Member of RRT Team
  • Member of Code Team
  • Member of L&D Team

 

Scope of services include:

  1.        oxygenation & ventilation support
  2.        administration of specialty medical gases (Oxygen, Nitric Oxide, Heliox),
  3.        inhaled medications delivery,
  4.        airway humidification,
  5.        emergency assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
  6.        monitoring patient's physiological responses to therapy,
  7.        lung expansion therapy,
  8.        blood gas analysis and interpretation,
  9.        pulmonary function laboratory studies,
  10.        patient discharge planning, asthma education and home mechanical ventilation program;
  11.        Bronchoscopy procedures,
  12.        Attending High-risk Deliveries in Labor and Delivery, Surfactant Replacement Therapy.
  13.        Respiratory Clinic and Titration of BiPAP/CPAP