When you come to Palo Pinto General Hospital (PPGH) for lung care, you'll find many of the same pulmonology services that you'd get in the big city. And you’ll get them in a calm, friendly setting with lung specialists who care.
Our registered respiratory therapists have years of experience and training performing lung tests and helping patients with breathing issues. Many chose to come to a small-town hospital like PPGH so they could get to know their patients better.
Our on-staff pulmonologist assesses test results, oversees respiratory care, and meets with both inpatients and outpatients via telemedicine.
Hospital-Based Pulmonology Department Services
We're equipped to perform a wide range of cardiopulmonary services to check and monitor your lung function and help you breathe better. Whether you're coming in as an outpatient or staying as an inpatient, we provide:
- Respiratory therapy.
- Pulmonary function tests (PFTs), including PFT complete, PFT disability, PFT basic and industrial PFT tests.
- Electrocardiograms (EKGs).
- Electroencephalograms (EEGs).
- 6-minute walk tests.
- Holter monitors to track your cardiopulmonary function remotely.
Additional treatments are available for inpatients. These include:
- Nebulized medicine.
- High-flow oxygen therapy.
- Noninvasive ventilation.
- Mechanical ventilation.
- Telemedicine visits with a lung doctor through our partnership with SOC Telemed.
Tele-Pulmonary and Critical Care
SOC Telemed provides Palo Pinto General Hospital with 24/7, 365 days-a year tele-pulmonary and critical care coverage enabling PPGH to keep more patients closer to home and improve access to care. The partnership connects PPGH with SOC Telemed through a secure, high-resolution technology in minutes. On-site respiratory therapists, nurses, and other physicians have access to the highest level of diagnosis and treat patients with congestive heart failure, serious infections, those requiring mechanical ventilation, and other life-threatening conditions. Before this partnership with SOC Telemed, local residents requiring certain levels of care were often transferred to other hospitals farther away.