With the rise in pollution level cardiopulmonary disorders like asthma has become quite common across all groups, and so has risen the need for good respiratory therapists. Filling the void for the need of experienced respiratory therapist at home, we offer the services of highly trained and well experienced respiratory therapists, who come visit you at your home, so you wouldn’t have to further stress out your lungs by travelling in the polluted environment. So, if you need respiratory care at home just give us a call and our representative respiratory therapist will soon visit you and provide the required care.
Ventilator on rent
Mechanical ventilators are machines that act as bellows to move air in and out of the lungs. They are used for moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently commonly known as respiratory failure. Some times it is also used for patients with road traffic accidents, or those with chest injury, patients who are in coma or during initial few days after a major surgery.
Bipap on Rent
BiPAP (also referred to as BPAP) is short for Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure. BIPAP is a non-invasive form of therapy for those suffering from sleep apnea. BPAP treatments are designed to keep the airway from collapsing and allow users to breathe easily and regularly during sleep. BiPAP machine is designed to increase the pressure when you inhale to keep the airways in the nose and throat from closing while patient is sleeping, and provide a lower pressure during exhalation that continues to maintain an open airway.
CPAP
Known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine is the most commonly used device for treating sleep apnea disorders. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes interruptions or pauses in patient’s breathing, often because the throat or airways briefly collapse or sometimes temporarily blocks them. CPAP provides pressurized oxygen through tubes, which is usually delivered with mask and because of force it helps in preventing collapsing of throat muscles which helps in delivering oxygen to lungs.
Oxygen Concentrator
It is a medical device that provides oxygen for the patient. This device uses room air, purifies it, removes nitrogen from it and then provides only oxygen which is about 90-95 % pure. Main advantages of oxygen concentrator is that they can provide continuous oxygen supply with good purity level. So there is no hassle of changing oxygen cylinders which lasts for few hours depending upon the capacity of cylinders as well as requirement of the patient.
Oxygen Cylinder
The oxygen cylinders as the name suggests are cylinders made of metal either iron or aluminum which store oxygen and can be used for supply to the patient when needed. They provide about 98 % pure oxygen. Available in sizes from 5 Kg upto 50Kgs. They are useful in tiding over small emergency periods. Small cylinders can be carried easily but for cylinders larger than 10kg it is difficult to transport them. Main disadvantage of cylinders is they need frequent refilling.
Nebulizer
A nebulizer is a small electric machine that converts liquid into a mist. Medicines in liquid form can be given using this. Patient sits with the machine and breathe in through a connected mouthpiece. Medicine goes directly into the lungs. It is easy and pleasant to breathe the medicine into the lungs this way. The dose of medication required in nebulizer is very small to produce the effect as compared to oral or IV dose.
Suction machine
Single Jar and Double Jar. Suction machine is used to remove secretions from oral cavity or trachea when patient is not able to bring them out on his own. These machines are particularly useful for bed ridden or comatose patients. The main purpose of removing the secretions is to prevent the secretions to enter the lung of the patient and hence reducing the chances of aspiration pneumonia.
Pulse Oxymeter
This is a small device which is helpful to monitor Oxygen saturation (SpO2) is a measurement of the patient means how much oxygen your blood is carrying as a percentage of the maximum it could carry. For a healthy individual, the normal SpO2 should be between 96% to 99%. Apart from SPO2, it also measures pulse of the patient.
FAQ
Respiratory care is an allied healthcare that is mainly for maintaining the finest cardiopulmonary health, function and wellness. Respiratory care is specially given to people with heart and lung disorders but, is not restricted to them and is given to anyone facing difficulty in breathing. Respiratory care practitioners or pulmonologists use various scientific principles to diagnose, treat and prevent chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system.
Respiratory therapy is a part of respiratory care, where our Friends Home Care respiratory therapists help and assist people suffering from problems related to lung function and breathing. A respiratory therapist helps a patient with manageable respiratory conditions. Respiratory therapy today occupies a vital place in healthcare system owing to rising cases of lung disorder, which can be the result of growing pollution. Respiratory therapists diagnose and treat various diseases pertaining to heart and lungs like lung disorders, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis and pneumonia. A respiratory therapist works with people across all ages from premature infants to the elderly. And can be mostly found in hospital’s ICU, pulmonary rehabilitation clinic, paediatric ICU and emergency rooms. Our Friends Home Care respiratory therapists also work out of a patient’s home.
The job responsibilities of a respiratory therapist are quite expansive and begin from the diagnosis to the treatment of various cardio pulmonary diseases. As such a respiratory therapist job involves examining patients, performing chest exams and analysing tissue specimens. Apart from there are plenty other duties associated with a respiratory therapist. Some of the common duties of a respiratory therapist are;
People always confuse these three separate professionals as one single professional with multiple names but, this is not exactly the case. Respiratory care practitioner, respiratory therapists and respiratory therapy technician are three different professionals although their career path are similar. A respiratory care practitioner or pulmonologists mainly deals with patients with chronic and potentially life threatening diseases that demand immediate attention like lung cancer, lung failure treatment. A respiratory care practitioner can prescribe respiratory therapy; respiratory therapists on the other hand deal with more manageable form of cardiopulmonary diseases and administer aerosol treatment, inhalation therapy, chest physiotherapy and treating other breathing difficulties like pneumonia, emphysema, etc. A respiratory therapy technician is not generally involved with treatment plans for patients and their duties mainly involve operating oxygen therapy equipment, setting up and adjusting ventilators and performing air-trapping techniques among others.
With the rise in pollution level cardiopulmonary disorders like asthma has become quite common across all groups, and so has risen the need for good respiratory therapists. Filling the void for the need of experienced respiratory therapist at home, we offer the services of highly trained and well experienced respiratory therapists, who come visit you at your home, so you wouldn’t have to further stress out your lungs by travelling in the polluted environment. So, if you need respiratory care at home just give us a call and our representative respiratory therapist will soon visit you and provide the required care.
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We at Friends Home Care are committed to provide best home care service with our highly qualified and trained staff for your loved ones at the comfort of your home at a very affordable price. Friends Home Care is managed by true medical professionals with over 20 years of experience in medical field.
