The Respiratory Therapy department helps manage the care of patients with cardiopulmonary issues such as:

• Asthma
• COPD
• Pneumonia
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Trauma

Our respiratory therapists are essential members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating with the physicians and nurses to provide compassionate, high-quality care to all areas of the hospital. Our clinicians use high-tech equipment and the latest medical procedures to diagnose and treat our patients.

Our licensed respiratory therapists perform therapeutic and life support procedures including:

• Administration of oxygen and aerosol medications
• Breathing treatments
• Chest physical therapy
• Pulmonary function testing
• Initiation and management of mechanical ventilation
• Life support
• Stabilizing, treating and managing patients during hospital-to-hospital transport
• Bronchoscopy
• Asthma education

Pawhuska Hospital Inc.’s respiratory therapists are committed to ensuring quality outcomes and following evidence-based practice guidelines, policies and protocols.