Our Cardiopulmonary Services Department, under the medical directorship of a board certified pulmonologist, is dedicated to providing quality, competent, and cost effective inpatient and outpatient professional care with the highest respect for life and dignity at every stage of the human experience. Our patient scope includes newborns, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatrics, who require cardiac and/or respiratory diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for optimal physiological maintenance of the cardiac and respiratory systems.

Procedures performed by our highly qualified staff of licensed Respiratory Care Practitioners and Registered Nurses include:

- Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
- Nebulizer/Aerosol Therapy
- Electrocardiograms
- Pulmonary Function Studies
- Cardiac Stress Testing
- Chest Physiotherapy
- Bronchoscopy
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Lung Expansion Therapy
- Oxygen Therapy
- CPAP and BiPAP Therapy
- Pulse Oximetry
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Arterial Line Insertion

Patient and family education about disease processes are provided via brochures, written instructions, and verbal communications. Our Cardiopulmonary Department also sponsors the Better Breathers Club, a free program which meets monthly, that provides a variety of educational speakers to the community discussing issues relative to chronic pulmonary diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. For more information on the Better Breathers Club, please call the Cardiopulmonary Department at 417-4528 or click on this link Better Breathers Club.

All licensed Respiratory Care Practitioners are required to maintain current certifications in BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program), and STABLE (A special neonatal training program). Electrocardiograph (EKG) technicians are required to obtain certification as a Respiratory Care Assistant or EKG Technician and are BLS certified. The Cardiopulmonary Services department serves our patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.