Respiratory Therapy

The William Bee Ririe Respiratory Therapy Department can offer the following services:

1. Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
2. Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
3. Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
4. Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with a physician if adverse reactions occur.
5. Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
6. Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to manage patient care.
7. Assist physicians and nurses with stabilizing newborn infant breathing needs.
8. Perform cardio stress test under the direct supervision of a physician.
9. Perform all EKG tests for the hospital.
10. Diagnose respiratory diseases using pulmonary function tests.
11. Cardiac Stress Testing