Cardiopulmonary Department


Number: 719-846-8058

The cardiopulmonary department routinely staffs the hospital from 0630 to 1900 hours seven days a week. A therapist will be in house 24/7 whenever a ventilator is in service. A therapist is on-call from 19:00 - 06:30 daily with a 30 minute response time if at home; 15 minute response time if in-house.

Mt. San Rafael Hospital is dedicated to providing the very best service to our patients:

Cardiopulmonary services include but are not limited to:

Oxygen therapy and monitoring
Airway medication therapy
Pulmonary expansion therapy
Artificial airway management
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ventilator management and monitoring
Patient Education and self care
Chest Physiotherapy/Bronchial Hygiene
Sputum induction, aspiration
BIPAP/CPAP therapy
Smoking Cessation Education

Additionally Cardiopulmonary is responsible for an array of diagnostic testing including:

Electrocardiogram
Arterial Blood Gas/Venous Blood Gas
Simple Spirometery/pre-post pulmonary function
Cardiac Event Monitors
Polysomnography
Treadmill Stress Testing
Resting and Stress Echocardiogram
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram
Carotid Doppler Ultrasound
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging