As a service of Lehigh Regional Medical Center, Cardiopulmonary provides quality patient care to Southwest Florida’s Lee, Collier and Hendry counties. Our licensed practitioners and seamless continuum of care lead us to provide superior healthcare. Our first rate physicians, highly qualified staff, and state-of-the-art equipment provide you and your family the right care.
Services in the Cardiopulmonary department include:
• Respiratory Therapy
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Cardiac Stress Testing
• Electrocardiography (EKG)
• Echocardiography
• Electro encephalopathy (EEG)
• Pulmonary Function (PFT)
• Diagnostic Sleep Services
• Holter Monitoring
Respiratory Therapy
The Respiratory Therapy Department at Lehigh Regional provides:
• Oxygen Therapy
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
• Bi-level Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP)
• High-tech Ventilation
• Pulse Oximetry
• High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO)
With highly trained, compassionate Pulmonologists and many qualified Respiratory Care Practitioners, we provide a multitude of services including:
• Pulmonary Function Testing
• Mechanical Ventilator Support
• Oxygen Administration
• Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
• Incentive Spirometry and Deep Breathing Exercises
• Metered Dose Inhaler Teaching with Spacers
• Arterial Blood Gasses
• Chest Physical Therapy featuring the brand new “Smart Vest”
We offer diagnosis and treatment for conditions including:
• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Pneumonia
• Smoking and Interstitial Lung Disease
• Respiratory Failure
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Lehigh Regional Medical Center is a 12 week course with two or three sessions per week. Once enrolled, you will work one-on-one with a caring and knowledgeable healthcare specialist, either a Registered Nurse or a Respiratory Therapist, who will oversee, monitor, and evaluate your progression throughout the entire course of the program. The main areas targeted throughout each session are exercise and education. One of the greatest benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation is feeling better about yourself and more confident controlling your lung disease. It is very important that Pulmonary Rehabilitation is attended on a regular basis and that an exercise regimen is maintained afterwards to maximize the benefits it has to offer.
Along with feeling better, some of the other important benefits many graduates have experienced include:
• Increased exercise tolerance
• Decreased shortness of breath
• Education and knowledge about their lung disease
• Leading a more active and enjoyable lifestyle
• Meeting other highly motivated people with lung disease and allowing discussion of management and coping mechanism
EKG
EKG is an abbreviation for Electrocardiogram and is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of the heartbeat. The test is used to detect and locate the source of heart problems.
The Lehigh Regional EKG department is staffed by highly trained RN’s, Echo Tech’s & CVT’s, highly motivated professionals that make you their number one priority.
Services provided include:
• Holter Monitoring
• Cardiac Stress Testing
• EEG - Brain Wave Test
• Echocardiography
Our Cardiologists specialize in diagnosis and treatment of:
• Hypertension
• Heart Arrhythmia
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Preventive Cardiology
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
Diagnostic Sleep Services
At Lehigh Regional, we provide diagnostic sleep services to help with your sleep disorders.
We test for:
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
• Narcolepsy
• Insomnia
You should consider the diagnostic sleep services we provide if you are experiencing difficulty sleeping, snoring, sleepwalking, tiredness during the day despite full night sleep, or a reduced or impaired ability to perform regular daytime activities.
Onsite Technology
We like to make things as easy as possible for our patients, so at Lehigh Regional, we offer many full-service cardiopulmonary services. When you come to our department you remain in one building for:
• EKG’s
• Treadmill Exams
• Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
• Echocardiography Testing
• Carotid Ultrasounds
• EEG’s
• Event & Holter Monitoring
• Arterial Blood Gasses
• Pulmonary Function Tests
• And so much more.
For more information, please call our Cardiopulmonary department at (239) 368-4596.