Cardiopulmonary Department Information

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Hours of Operation:  24 hours/day, 7 days/week

Phone numbers:       937-386-3681
                               937-386-3400

The Cardiopulmonary Department at Adams County Regional Medical Center offers state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care. Our department is staffed by a highly trained group of respiratory therapists, who are licensed by the state of Ohio. Under the direction of a physician, our therapists are trained to evaluate, treat, and care for those patients having cardiopulmonary health issues under the direction of a physician.

Our department treats patients with lung problems such as:
        • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
        • Asthma
        • Bronchitis
        • Emphysema
        • Pneumonia
        • Lung Cancer

We also provide treatment to:
        • Cardiac or heart patients
        • Accident victims
        • Pediatric patients
        • Stroke patients.

Outpatient services offered
        • PFT (Pulmonary function testing)
        • Holter monitors
        • Cardiac event monitors
        • EKG (Electrocardiogram)
        • EEG (Electroencephalogram)

Therapeutic services may include
        • Administering medications in aerosol form to help alleviate breathing problems as well as to help treat and prevent
           respiratory infections.
        • Operating and maintaining various types of equipment to administer oxygen or to assist with breathing.
        • Employing mechanical ventilation to provide life support to patients who cannot adequately breathe on their own
        • Employing BIPAP or bi-level therapy to patients via mask who cannot adequately breathe on their own.
        • Employing CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy to patients via mask who cannot adequately
           breathe on their own.
        • Providing patients with education about their disease process and treatments their physician has prescribed.