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Respiratory Services

Respiratory care practitioners work to evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders.

Obtaining sputum samples
Perform Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) to determine lung function/impairment
Study disorders of people with disruptive sleep patterns like Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Operating and maintaining various types of highly sophisticated equipment to administer oxygen or to assist with breathing
Employing mechanical ventilation in treating patients who cannot breathe adequately on their own
Monitoring and managing therapy that will help a patient recover lung function
Administering medications in aerosol form to help alleviate breathing problems and to help prevent respiratory infections
Maintaining a patient’s artificial airway, one that may be in place to help the patient who can’t breathe through normal means
Educating the patient about their disease process and treatments their physician has prescribed