Respiratory Therapy

Box Butte General Hospital's Respiratory Therapy Department provides treatment, monitoring, evaluation and management of patients with breathing disorders or cardiovascular problems. IM电竞App官网的呼吸治疗师提供的护理类型的简要描述包括氧气的管理, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, management of mechanical ventilators, administering drugs to the lungs, monitoring cardiopulmonary systems and measuring lung function.

Respiratory Therapists treat all types of patients, 从肺部未发育完全的早产儿到患有肺部疾病的老年人. They provide emergency care to patients who are victims of accidents, heart attacks, stroke, shock, or drowning, as well as provide temporary relief to patients with chronic asthma or COPD.

Some of the services provided include:

• Pulmonary Function tests
• Nebulizer
• Chest percussion
• Postural drainage
• Instruction in breathing-coughing-lung disease -drug administration
• 持续气道正压(CPAP)和双水平气道正压(BI-PAP)使用和其他胸部相关受试者
• Mechanical ventilation
• Oxygen administration

Remember, 要想让你的肺部远离慢性疾病，最好的方法之一就是永远不要染上吸烟的习惯 ... and if you do smoke, quit!