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Respiratory Care

Respiratory therapists at Columbus Community Hospital work with hospitalists, surgeons and cardiologists, as well as pulmonologists and primary care physicians to treat pulmonary and cardiac diseases.

They provide care that directly affect patients’ well-being. Respiratory therapists work in clinics, rehabilitation centers, home equipment companies and hospitals. Their patients range from premature babies to elderly adults, and from those at home to the critically ill in the hospital.

Respiratory therapists help people with a variety of conditions, including asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pneumonia and heart failure. They also treat trauma and surgical patients. Respiratory therapists manage ventilator care for those patients who have difficulty breathing on their own and respond to all emergency situations that occur in the hospital.


Our Services

Our diagnostic lab at Columbus Community Hospital includes a wide variety of noninvasive tests from those that assess lung function values, oxygen levels in the blood, to tolerance to exercise activity and cardiac monitoring.

For examples of these tests, please watch this video.

The goal of our respiratory care programs is to educate patients and their families about disease processes, drug actions, drug self-administration and the use of home oxygen.

Our staff members maintain certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).

Ninety percent of our staff are registered respiratory therapists and, combined, our respiratory therapists have more than 200 years of experience.


Contact Us

For additional information about the respiratory and pulmonary services provided at CCH, visit the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department page of our website.

Columbus Community Hospital
4600 38th Street
Columbus, Nebraska 68602-1800
402-562-3170

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4600 38th Street
P.O. Box 1800
Columbus, Nebraska 68602-1800
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