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Mission
The VSMMC Respiratory Therapy Unit will strive to deliver the highest quality respiratory care for patients, with compassion, cost-effective and wise utilization of resources, and to uphold ethics in respiratory care by maintaining professional standards
Vision
To fulfill its mission of improving the quality of life of patients, the Respiratory Therapy Unit aims to:
- Establish a conducive work environment by maintaining professional interpersonal skills with effective communication and proper decorum among all employees.
- Establish a unified and organized management workflow.
- Implement a comprehensive collaborative set-up in patients’ respiratory evaluation, assessment and intervention
- Create a good relationship between the patient and the Respiratory Therapy Unit Team.
- Participate in professional growth activities including post-graduate courses relevant to the practice of the respective profession.
Respiratory Therapy Unit
Staff
Clinical Services
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· Respiratory Therapies
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· Oxygen Therapy
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Oxygen therapy is a treatment that provides you with supplemental, or oxygen as a support. This treatment increases the amount of oxygen your lungs receive and deliver to your blood. This could be a form of low flow oxygen delivery device such as cannula, simple face mask, non-rebreathing or rebreathing mask and high flow delivery devices, mechanical ventilation and high flow nasal cannula for both adult and pediatric patients.
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· Airway Clearance Therapy
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The treatment that uses a number of airway clearance techniques to clear the respiratory airways of mucus and other secretions such as chest physiotherapy, coughing techniques and suctioning intubated patients.
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· Lung Inflation Therapy
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Coaching patients to perform sustained maximal inspiration with the aid of incentive spirometry for patients t risk of postoperative complications to obtain a baseline of their inspiratory flow and volume, abdominal or thoracic surgery, presence of pulmonary atelectasis, Patients with neuromuscular disease or spinal cord injury associated with a dysfunctional diaphragm.
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· Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Collection
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The test measures the amounts of arterial gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. An ABG test requires that a small volume of blood be drawn from the arterial sites with a syringe and a thin needle. The sample collected then run through a blood gas analyzer.
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· Pulmonary Function Test (adult and pediatric)
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· Pulmonary Function Test with bronchodilator
· Pulmonary Function Test without bronchodilator
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Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are noninvasive tests that show how well the lungs are working. The tests measure lung volume, capacity, rates of flow, and gas exchange with the aid of a spirometer and expertise of the respiratory therapist to instruct proper maneuver. PFT with bronchodilator measures the changes in lung capacity after inhaling a short-acting bronchodilator drug that dilates the airway.
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· Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
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This is an evaluation of the interaction of the physiologic mechanisms that enable the cardiovascular and respiratory systems to support the energy demands of the contracting muscles. The patient will use cycle ergometer or treadmill for cardio exercise while wearing a tight-fitting mask measuring gas flow lung volumes and capacities in real time.
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