Respiratory Care

Respiratory Therapists at Columbus Community Hospital work with hospitalists, surgeons, and cardiologists, as well as pulmonologists and primary care physicians in the treatment of 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 pre-mature 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 such as asthma, COPD, pneumonia, heart failure and trauma patients and surgical patients. Respiratory therapists manage ventilator care for those patients having difficulty breathing on their own; and the therapists respond to all emergency situations that occur in the hospital.

Our diagnostic lab at Columbus Community Hospital includes a wide variety of non-invasive tests from those that assess lung function values, oxygen levels in the blood, to tolerance to exercise activity, and cardiac monitoring. Our goal is patient and family education about disease processes, drug actions, drug self-administration, and use of home oxygen.

Our staff maintain certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS). We share over 200 years of experience and 90% of our staff working are Registered Respiratory Therapists.

The demand for Respiratory Therapist is expected to grow by over 21% through the year 2018, opening many job vacancies nationwide for and veteran therapists. Contact us at columbushosp.org for information regarding employment. Or call us at 402-562-3170.

Pulmonary Function Test Video