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At Hunt Regional Healthcare, our devoted staff of cardiopulmonary professionals is dedicated to providing the care you need to treat and/or manage your lung condition. We offer pulmonary therapy for many patients who will benefit from our state-of-the-art care. Regardless of your respiratory condition, we can design a pulmonary treatment to best fit your needs.

Services

We offer several inpatient services to alleviate your respiratory symptoms if intensive pulmonary therapy is required. Our cardiopulmonary team provides the following treatments to help optimize your daily functions and activities.

If a blood test determines that you are not getting enough oxygen into your bloodstream, oxygen therapy can fix the problem. This inpatient respiratory therapy makes breathing easier and reduces the heart’s workload. Depending on your specific needs, our physicians will determine if you need oxygen therapy throughout the day, overnight, or at all times to ensure that your body gets the proper amount of oxygen and allows you to function at a higher capacity.

If you have a condition that causes swelling and mucus in the lungs' airways, our physicians may recommend chest percussion and postural drainage as part of your inpatient treatment to make breathing easier and help prevent infection.

Postural drainage is a simple breathing technique that our physicians assist with while the patient is in a position that helps drain fluid out of the lungs. This respiratory therapy is often done in tandem with chest percussion, which involves clapping the hand on the rib cage to loosen thick fluids in the lungs and alleviate breathing difficulties.

Aerosol therapy delivers a small amount of medicine directly into the lungs through an inhaler, allowing for the most direct treatment of any condition that impacts your airway function.

Similar to aerosol therapy, Hunt Regional Healthcare also offers nebulizer therapy. This respiratory therapy is easier on the patient because one is asked to breathe into the nebulizer. While inhaling and exhaling, the machine turns liquid medicine into a mist that you breathe into your lungs for 5- 10 minutes.

If you have a condition that would best be treated in an outpatient setting, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or chronic airway obstruction, our respiratory therapy rehabilitation program can provide you with the help you need. Following a diagnosis, this cardiopulmonary program will provide you with education and exercises for up to 12 weeks, allowing you to complete the program under the supervision of our respiratory therapists, physical therapists, registered nurses, and physicians.

 

At Hunt Regional Medical Center, we offer respiratory therapy that is designed to alleviate your respiratory symptoms, optimize daily functions and activities, and improve any disability from chronic respiratory disease. Our various therapies and breathing techniques have proven beneficial if you have any of the following cardiopulmonary conditions or symptoms:

  • Tracheostomies
  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Pneumonia
  • Emphysema
  • Other cardiopulmonary disorders

The physicians at Hunt Regional are thoroughly trained in tracheostomy care and will ensure that you are properly cared for while in inpatient care. They will also ensure that you are fully educated in the care of your tracheostomy before leaving our facility.

Locations

  • Hunt Regional Center Greenville
    Hunt Regional Medical Center Greenville

    4215 Joe Ramsey Blvd, Greenville, TX 75401 | 903.408.5000