Cardiopulmonary

Our mission is to support Ouachita County Medical Center's 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 patients, 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

If your doctor has ordered respiratory therapy, be sure to bring those orders with you. You will need to go to Admission upon arriving at the hospital, before going to Respiratory. If you have any questions or need to change your appointment time, please call (870) 836-1316.