Speare's cardiopulmonary services department provides both inpatient and outpatient services for heart and lung-related disorders, including cardiac rehabilitation and sleep medicine.

Department services include:

Respiratory Care : 

• Breathing treatments with medication
• Oxygen Therapy
• Arranging for home respiratory care equipment
• Care and monitoring of patients on ventilators in the CCU
• Arterial Blood Gas analysis-drawing and analyzing blood for oxygen, carbon dioxide, and Ph
• Pulmonary Function Testing-breathing tests
• Patient Education-smoking cessation, breathing exercises, instruction for inhalers and spacers

Cardiology:

• Echocardiograms—images (pictures) of the heart
• Cardiac Stress Testing
  • Exercise Echocardiogram imaging
  • Exercise Nuclear Imaging
• Electrocardiogram-EKG
• Outpatient heart monitoring-Holter and Event monitors

Our Team

• Ralph Broadwater, Medical Director
• Linda Nestor, Director of Radiology and Cardiopulmonary
• Craig Johnson, Exercise Physiologist
• Rachel Currier, Cardiac Sonographer
• Heidi Ashe, Respiratory Therapist

Contact Us

Our direct phone line is: 238-2288
We are staffed in-house from 7am to 11pm 7 days a week and holidays. We have a staff member on-call from 11pm to 7am for emergencies.

Resources

We provide patient information on related topics, such as:

• Asthma, COPD
• Breathing Techniques, Exercises
• Smoking Cessation
• Use of home respiratory care equipment

Helpful Links:

• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Association for Respiratory Care
• National Board of Respiratory Care