Our department offers a comprehensive range of services. We provide respiratory therapy services—such as ventilator management and testing for arterial blood gases—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, working closely with the pulmonologist and nurses.

Our adherance to the national protocols of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for respiratory therapy, means you benefit from our proven track record of patient success. In fact, since adopting the JCAHO standard two years ago, we haven’t had a single instance of ventilator-associated pneumonia, a critical measurement among the country’s best hospitals. The average amount of time our patients are on ventilators has been reduced from 8.5 days to 2.8 days, a tribute to the effectiveness of our therapies.

Recently, we began a pulmonary rehabilitation service for outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD.) An 8-week program of exercise and education is designed to help patients resume and maintain as many daily living activities as possible with minimum effort.

For more information contact Nanticoke's Respiratory department at (302) 629-6611, extension 2590.