Respiratory Therapists are responsible for delivery
of all Respiratory-related medication such as SVN
treatments and MDI’s. They are responsible for oxygen
set up and monitoring of patient’s oxygen saturations,
titration of oxygen and recommendations to the 
medical staff if changes occur. As well, Respiratory
Therapists respond to all cardiac arrests in the
facility or emergencies in the ER. They manage the
airway and intubate patients when necessary.

Respiratory Therapists are responsible for
drawing all arterial blood gases, interpretation of
the results, and recommendations from those results
to the medical staff. As well, we provide the set up and initiation of BIPAP with our Respironics Vision BIPAP machine. We adjust the settings and closely monitor
the patient, providing recommendations to the
medical staff when needed.

Furthermore, the Respiratory Therapy Department
is able to offer pulmonary lab equipped with Ferraris
Eagle PFT equipment. This machine enables the
therapists to do complete PFT’s, some of which
include: FVC, FVC with Pre and Post
 bronchodilator evaluation, N2 Washouts (lung
volumes), as well as DLCO (Diffusion capacity).