Patients are tested and receive an individualized treatment plan to improve their ability to breathe. Therapists work closely with physicians to use the best medications and equipment for effective airway clearance.

Areas of Expertise:

• Ventilator weaning
• Ventilator management
• Tracheostomies
• Airway management 

Equipment used to achieve optimal respiratory status:

• LTV series Ventilators
• IPV
• Cough Assist
• The Vest
• Vision Bipap

Home Ventilator Program 

The respiratory therapy department at the Center has an excellent home ventilator program that works with area hospitals to empower families to return home fully equiped to care for their child on a ventilator. This program trains parents for six to eight weeks to be their child's respiratory therapist (without a license), works with home care to get the equipment the child may need to return home, and provides the knowledge and expertise that parents need as a resource during training.