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Respiratory
Care -
(951)
486-4290
Location: Second
Floor, Building E
Hours: 8:00
a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
The
Respiratory
Care
Department
cares
for
all
patient
age
groups
in all
stages
of diseases. The
department assists patients
with many different types
of breathing disorders and
problems.
The
Respiratory
Care
Department
is active
in all
patient-care
settings
and
provides
around-the-clock
services
to all
Riverside
County
Regional
Medical
Center
departments. Respiratory
Care Therapists work with
physicians and other health
professionals in health care
planning, evaluation, and
treatment of patients with
cardiac and pulmonary disorders. They
also assist patients and their
families with instruction
on respiratory home care therapy
and associated equipment.
As clinicians
they
perform
therapeutic
and
life
support
procedures
including
the
administration
of oxygen
and
aerosolized
medications,
breathing
treatments,
chest
physical
therapy
and
mechanical
ventilator
support.
In addition,
they
perform
diagnostic
tests
that
assess
cardiac
and
lung
function
and
operate
physiologic
monitoring
equipment
and
life
support
systems
in the
critical
care
setting.
Treatment - the
department
initiates
and
maintains
all
patients
supported
with
mechanical
ventilation,
oxygen
therapy,
other
types
of gas
therapies,
and
administers
aerosol
drugs. The department
assists all Lifeflight patients
from the Helipad to the emergency
department when they have
an artificial airway in place. Routinely
transport all mechanically
ventilated patients in the
hospital when they have to
leave the intensive care unit,
or when these patients are
transferred to a local hospital.
Education -
the
department
provides
vital
information
to patients
in helping
them
manage
their
disease/illness
and
wellness
promotion.
The
Respiratory
Care
staff
is available
to assist
patients
with
their
cardiopulmonary
problems,
and
support
the
physicians
and
nurses
throughout
the
hospital
with
the
following
services:
A.
Life
Supportive
Therapies:
1. Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation & artificial
airway
management
2. All
modes
of Adult-Pediatric
and
Neonatal
continuous
ventilation
3. Non-Invasive
mechanical
ventilation
for
adults,
pediatrics
and
neonates
4. Ventilator
mechanics
monitoring
B.
Respiratory
Therapies:
1. Nebulized
medication
delivery,
intermittent
and
continuous
2. Postural
drainage
and
percussion
3. Heated
humidity/mist
therapy
4. Oxygen
therapy
5. Incentive
spirometry & PEP
therapy
6. Heliox
administration
7. Intermittent
Positive
Pressure
Breathing
(IPPB) & Intrapulmonary
Percussive
Ventilation
(IPV)
C.
Diagnostic
monitoring:
1. Arterial
blood
gases
(ABGs
) & Co-oximetry
2. Pulse
oximetry
- RCRMC’s
Respiratory
Care
Department
is
part
of
the
hospital’s
Cardiopulmonary
Diagnostics
Services,
which
includes:
- Pulmonary
Function Testing Laboratory (PFT)
- Bronchoscopy
Services
- Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBO)
- EKG
- Stress
Testing
- Echocardiology
- EEG
- EMG
- The
Respiratory
Care
Department
has
a
separate
California
Clinical
Laboratory
License
for
arterial
blood
gas
analysis
(ABGs).
- The
Respiratory
Care
Department
is
affiliated
with
two
local
junior
colleges,
A.S.
degree-
Respiratory
Therapy
(RT)
programs.
Many
of
the
RT
Supervisors
are
clinical
instructors
in
those
programs,
or
members
of
the
RT
Program’s
Advisory
Boards.
Many of
the RCRMC’s
Respiratory
Care Practitioners
are cross-trained
to work
in more
than one
critical
care environment,
and have
their
Advanced
Cardiac
Life Support
(ACLS)
certification,
Pediatric
Advanced
Life Support
(PALS),
and/or
Neonatal
Resuscitation
Program
(NRP).
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