Celebrating a tradition of excellent personalized care & respect since 1937.
Services
- Custodial Nursing Care
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Emergency Department
- Free Diabetes Education
- Laboratory
- Lymphedema Care
- Obstetrics
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Services
- MGH Cafe'
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Therapy
- Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Care
- Sleep Medicine
- Speech Therapy
- Surgery Department
- Wound & Ostomy Care
Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory Therapists provide care to anyone who is having trouble breathing. Breathing problems can be caused by diseases that involve your lungs, heart, kidneys or brain. They can be caused by blood clots, infections or injuries.
We also perform tests which help your physician have a better understanding of what is wrong with your breathing or heart and how best to treat it.
Some familiar diseases a Respiratory Therapist would be involved with:
- Asthma
- COPD
- Emphysema
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- RSV and other childhood respiratory illnesses
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Attacks
- Strokes
- Lung cancer
- Sleep Apnea
- Blood clots in the lungs
At Morton General Hospital we provide these services:
- Pulmonary Function Testing
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Stress Testing
- EKGs
- Emergency Airway Support
- Nebulized Respiratory Medication
- Education on smoking cessation
- Understanding and learning how to live with lung disease
Morton General Hospital's Respiratory Therapists have been chosen because they have many years of experience in adult and neonatal critical care, trauma care, and emergency rooms. These skills are necessary to meet the needs of East Lewis County and surrounding areas.