Respiratory Care    

Respiratory Care provides a variety of respiratory care treatments and diagnostic tests for patients of all ages from newborns to aged. They provide support in the Emergency Room, O.B., Med-Surg, and skilled patients.

Diagnostic testing includes 24-hour Holter monitoring, EKG's, 30-day Cardiac Event Recording, pulse oximetry, EEG's, and pulmonary function testing to evaluate the condition of a patient's lungs.  Sleep studies are also available through Respiratory Care.

Therapies include mechanical ventilation, inhaled medications, chest physical therapy, and breathing exercises and retraining.  The department is staffed 7days a week by Tammie Riedell, CRT, Department Manager, Terri Vote, CRT, and Dawn Williamson, LPN.

 

   
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