Christopher Cooks, CRT

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• Respiratory Therapist, Certified

  Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  Primary

  The respiratory therapist can assist the chronic pulmonary patient in returning to an optimal role in society by providing an effective program. It includes bronchopulmonary drainage, exercise therapy, and patient education.

  Taxonomy code 2278P1005X

• Respiratory Therapist, Certified

  General Care

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  This level of care includes diagnostics testing, therapeutics, monitoring, rehabilitation of patients with disorders of the cardiopulmonary system, as well as, education of the patient and family in regard to those disorders.

  Taxonomy code 2278G1100X

• Respiratory Therapist, Certified

  Pulmonary Diagnostics

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  Included in the area of pulmonary diagnostics are the following; collection and analysis of physiological specimens, interpretation of physiological data, administration of tests of the cardiopulmonary system, and the conduct of both neurophysiological and sleep disorders studies.

  Taxonomy code 2278P1004X

• Respiratory Therapist, Certified

  Critical Care

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  Respiratory emergencies are commonplace in the treatment of critical care patients. Included in the assessment measurements conducted by the respiratory therapist in the critical care settings are arterial blood gas puncture and analysis, intrarterial monitoring, bedside measurements of lung mechanics, hemodynamic monitoring, and inspired and expired gas measurements. This is coupled with the initiation and management of mechanical ventilation patients.

  Taxonomy code 2278C0205X

• Respiratory Therapist, Registered

  Home Health

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  Home care fosters individual responsibility for self-management of chronic respiratory conditions. It includes individualized assessment based plans of care service developed to promote safe, proper, and sustained use of prescribed respiratory therapy medications, equipment, and techniques in the home.

  Taxonomy code 2279H0200X

• Respiratory Therapist, Certified

  Educational

  Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

  The focus of patient and family education activities is to promote knowledge of disease process, medical therapy, and self help. Respiratory therapists are uniquely qualified to provide this service in regard to cardiopulmonary diseases and injury.

  Taxonomy code 2278E1000X