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Full-service Respiratory Services
Bayfront offers both inpatient and outpatient respiratory care services. Skilled respiratory care practitioners and respiratory therapists provide a high level of care under the direction of physicians who are board certified in pulmonology, the study of lung disease. To reach Respiratory Care Services, call
(727) 893-6160.

Hospital patients receive care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People coping with chronic lung disease can attend the pulmonary rehabilitation program Monday-Friday from 6 a.m.-5 p.m. A pulmonary laboratory for diagnostic procedures is open during the week from 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. To reach a specialist at the pulmonary lab, please call (727) 893-6159. For pulmonary rehab services, please call
(727) 893-6608.

The following are respiratory care procedures offered at Bayfront:

Diagnostic Procedures
+ Arterial Blood Gas Analysis & Lung Diffusion Testing
+ Pulse Oximetry
+ Pulmonary Function Studies
+ Bronchodilator Therapy Evaluation
+ End Tidal CO2 Monitoring
+ Metabolic Monitoring

Therapeutic Procedures

+ Hand-held Aerosol Therapy & Metered Dose Inhaler Therapy (MDI)
+ Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing Therapy (IPPB)
+ Continuous Bronchodilator Therapy
+ Chest Physiotherapy
+ Incentive Spirometry & Breathing Exercise Training
+ High & Low Flow Oxygen Therapy

Critical-Care Procedures
+ Mechanical Ventilation Therapy (long and short term)
+ High Frequency Ventilation Therapy
+ CPAP/BIPAP Therapy
+ Heliox Therapy by mask and mechanical ventilation
+ Endotracheal Intubation for long- and short-term airway care
+ Arterial Line Catheter Insertions
+ Bedside Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Bayfront Medical Center | 701 6th St. S. | Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 | 727-823-1234