Respiratory Care Services

Services We Offer

Rapid City Regional Hospitals's Respiratory Care team provides testing and treatment for peopl with lung diseases such as emphysema and asthma. We also provide ventilation for people who can't breathe on their own. These may include trauma patients, adults, children or newborns who need help to breathe.

A Wide Range of Care
Our wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic programs are structured for both inpatient and outpatient service. These include adult and infant ventilator care, bronchodilator therapy, chest physiotherapy, pre-and post-surgical respiratory care and oxygen therapy. Diagnostic services include pulmonary function testing, arterial blood gas sampling and analysis and pulse oximetry. We also provided bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, medication administration, airway maintenance and respiratory home care arrangements.

Participation in Patient Care
Under the guidance of five Board Certified Pulmonologists, licensed respiratory therapists working in Rapid City Regional Hospital's Respiratory Care Department have an ever-expanding role in influencing and providing patient care. Staff therapists participate in the decision-making processes through the Respiratory Care Council as well as therapist driven protocols. Cooperation with other health care professionals takes place on a daily basis, along with participation in activities to promote community efforts to meet the health needs of the public.

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