Respiratory Care

Respiratory Care Services are provided to patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary system and include diagnostic testing, therapeutics, and monitoring. Other services related to Respiratory Care include neurodiagnostics testing, sleep disorders testing, and bronchoscopy.

Respiratory Therapists provide advanced therapeutic functions, such as advanced airway management, ventilator management, and disease education. They also apply their talents and skills to many treatment areas, including the Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery Rooms and Medical/Surgical Units.

Our team of lung professionals stand ready to help you and your physician treat your neurologic, pulmonary related, or sleep related condition. The department is staffed primarily by Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT), the highest professional level within the field. Several therapists also hold critical care specialty credentials from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), such as the Neonatal / Pediatric Specialist credential, as well as the prestigious Asthma Educator Credential from the National Asthma Education Credential Board (NAECB). Our Sleep Diagnostics Lab and Neurodiagnostics/Pulmonary Function Lab therapists hold specialized training for these highly skilled areas including the Registered Polysomnography Technologist (RPSGT), and the Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) credential from the NBRC.

If you are a smoker, a former smoker or someone concerned about exposure to second-hand smoke, click here to learn about Baptist Respiratory Services' low cost "Test Your Lungs" pulmonary screening.

Learn more about the profession of respiratory therapy at the American Association for Respiratory Care's website: www.aarc.org/career