Respiratory Therapy
The Respiratory Care Services department provides 24/7 services in emergency, critical care, and inpatient wards.
Scope of Services:
- oxygenation & ventilation support
- administration of medical gases (Oxygen, Nitric Oxide, Heliox),
- inhaled medications delivery,
- airway humidification,
- emergency assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
- monitoring patient's physiological responses to therapy,
- lung expansion therapy,
- blood gas analysis and interpretation,
- pulmonary function laboratory studies,
- patient discharge planning, asthma education and home mechanical ventilation program;
- Bronchoscopy procedures,
- Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO),
- Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion and Ventilation (EVLP),
- Attending High-risk Deliveries in Labor and Delivery, Surfactant Replacement Therapy.
- Polysomnography and Titration of BiPAP/CPAP
