St Joseph's Care Group - St Joseph's Hospital - Outpatient Ventilation Clinic

Procédé et formulaires

Physician or Nurse Practitioner Referral required

Admissibilité / population desservie

Individuals at risk for chronic respiratory failure, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), post polio, Spinal Cord Injury, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Kyphoscoliosis, Kennedy's Disease

Frais

None

Langues

English

Accessibilité

Accessible en fauteuil roulant

Description des services:

A ventilation clinic for individuals at risk for chronic respiratory failure

Respirologist and Respiratory Therapist provide individual assessment, consultation, education and skills training

Interventions include:

Lung volume recruitment
Mechanical insufflations/exsufflation
Non-invasive and invasive ventilation