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Respiratory
Care Gateway Medical Center provides a wide range of services for patients suffering from breathing-related disorders, and many are available on an outpatient basis. These include medication treatments, oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy assistance, exercise testing, electroencephalogram (EEG), polysomnography (sleep studies), pulmonary/metabolic (exercise) testing, pulmonary rehabilitation, outpatient tracheostomy care, heart pump monitoring, and asthma education. For more information, call 931-551-1703. Our
Respiratory Care department has
been named a quality respiratory care provider for the third year
in a row under a national program aimed at helping patients and
their families make informed decisions about the quality of the
respiratory services available in hospitals. This helps ensure that
patients have access to respiratory care services provided by qualified
respiratory therapists. The qualifications for recognition are: all respiratory therapists employed by the hospital to deliver bedside respiratory care services are properly trained; therapists must be available 24 hours; other personnel qualified to perform specific respiratory procedures and the amount of supervision required for personnel to carry out specific procedures must be designated in writing; and a doctor of medicine or osteopathy is designated as medical director of respiratory care services. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Classes If you or someone you love suffers from chronic lung disease, pulmonary rehabilitation can offer many benefits. Gateway offers an eight-week class that will help improve a patient's physical strength, endurance, and emotional well being. Participants learn how to better manage respiratory symptoms and perform daily activities with greater ease. Most insurance companies pay for pulmonary rehabilitation. Call 931-551-1711 for more information or to register. Sleep disorders affect one out of four people. The most common sleep disorder is called sleep apnea. It affects breathing, resulting in frequent awakenings, snoring, increased blood pressure, excessive daytime sleeping, possible loss of productivity and loss of concentration. If left untreated if can lead to cardiac problems, stroke, or even death. The procedure to evaluate for sleep disorders is very simple, starting with a referral from a primary care physician. Then an overnight stay in our comfortable, state of art Sleep Disorders Center, helps doctors make a diagnosis. Click here for a quick test to see if you may have a sleep disorder. There are various treatment options available for sleep apnea that can improve your quality of life. Call 931-551-1703 for more information.
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