Our mission is to support Ouachita County Medical Centers mission to provide the community with accessible, personal, and quality health care. We achieve this by offering a wide variety of services 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The Cardiopulmonary Care Department is a combined Respiratory, Cardiology, and Neurology department that provide complete quality cardiopulmonary services for the patient, physician, employees, and our community. We are committed to the ongoing development of a state-of-the-art Cardiopulmonary Department. We further commit to meeting the educational needs of our staff and creating a work environment that builds a positive morale.
About Our Department
The Cardiopulmonary Department provides services that are prescribed by a physician for the assessment, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, management, and monitoring of patients with deficiencies of abnormalities of cardiopulmonary function.
Cardiopulmonary Care Objectives
- To meet the needs of our patients by providing safe, comprehensive patient care
- To maintain a caring attitude
- To protect legal aspects of patient care
- To maintain accurate and comprehensive records
- To maintain a continuing education in-service program for cardiopulmonary staff
- Respect everyone
Cardiopulmonary Care Services Provide
The Cardiopulmonary Department provides the following services to the patients at Ouachita County Medical Center:
- Arterial Blood Gas Complete Testing
- Capillary Blood Gases
- Hand-Held Nebulizer Treatments
- Pulmonary Function Screening
- Pulse-Oximetry Trending
- Chest Physiotherapy
- Oxygen Therapy
- Oxy-Hood Set-Ups
- Meter Dose Inhalers Incentive Spirometry
- Continuous Mechanical Ventilation/Adult/Neonate
- Weaning Parameters
- Nasal Tracheal Suctioning
- BIPAP/CPAP Therapy
- Induced Sputum
- Flutter Valve Therapy
- EKG
- Echo
- Holter/Event Monitoring
- Stress Testing
- EEG
- Sleep Lab
- NCV Testing
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