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Read More The Cardiopulmonary Services Department provides both inpatient and outpatient services for heart and lung related disorders, including Cardiac Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Sleep Lab.
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
- Rebeccah Chase, Exercise Physiologist
- Rachel Currier, Cardiac Sonographer
- Heidi Ashe, Respiratory Therapist
- Craig Sherman, Respiratory Therapist
- Travis Vicany, Respiratory Therapist
- Dino Bertoldi, Respiratory Therapist
- Jackie Ciampi, Respiratory Therapist
- Sean Kenneally, 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: