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Respiratory Care Services

Our highly trained respiratory therapists evaluate, treat, care, and provide consultation for infants, children and adolescents with breathing and other cardiopulmonary disorders as part of Blythedale's multi-disciplinary clinical team.

The Department's expertise include pulmonary rehabilitation, ventilator weaning, facility transport team and family/caregiver education.

Blythedale's modern respiratory support technology includes critical care ventilators, portable ventilators, BiPAP, CPAP, bubble CPAP and high flow nasal cannula in order to transition infants and children as quickly as possible from the intensive care unit (ICU). 

Respiratory Care Services has also been a multi-year recipient of the American Association of Respiratory Care’s "Quality Respiratory Care Recognition”. This distinguished award is presented to less than 10% of hospitals nationwide.

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Respiratory Care Services Staff

Keith Llewellyn, R.R.T., Director of Respiratory Care Services
Keith Llewellyn, R.R.T.
Director of Respiratory Care Services

Respiratory Care Services has a staff of 27 full-time pediatric respiratory therapists to provide services to inpatients, as well as Day Hospital and Long Term Care patients.

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Treatments We Support

Pulmonary Hypertension

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Pulmonary Hypertension

Blythedale’s expertise in caring for the most medically fragile of children is evident in our Pulmonary Hypertension rehabilitation program. Children come to Blythedale directly from the Intensive Care Unit while receiving intravenous, inhaled, subcutaneous or oral medications for pulmonary...

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

The goal of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program is weaning from technology completely or to the least invasive support to facilitate the family's transition to home. Parents are involved in the care of their child every step of the way, and learn proper use of equipment, care of tracheostomy,...

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Post Acute Neonatal Care

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Post Acute Neonatal Care

Whether requiring ongoing medical management and rehabilitation due to extreme prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, congenital cardiac disease, pulmonary hypertension , hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, short gut syndrome, feeding disorders or other complications occurring in the neonatal period...

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Complex Post-Surgical Rehabilitation

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Complex Post-Surgical Rehabilitation

Patients are admitted for acute medical and rehabilitative inpatient care following major trauma (such as head and spinal injuries, extensive soft tissue trauma/burns, vascular injuries, major muscle/ligament injuries, amputations or fractures), extensive scoliosis surgery, selective dorsal...

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Cancer Rehabilitation

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Cancer Rehabilitation

A customized therapeutic regimen enables patients to regain their strength and function while undergoing or recovering from surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. We recognize the vital importance of an ongoing relationship with the child’s referring oncology team, and we participate...

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Neuromuscular Disorders

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Neuromuscular Disorders

The goal of our Neuromuscular Disorders program is to help children maximize their functional abilities through comprehensive medical care and rehabilitation, utilizing state-of-the-art technology, environmental modifications and adaptive equipment. Following an intake evaluation, the child’s...

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Specialized Feeding

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Specialized Feeding

Children referred to Blythedale for Therapeutic Feeding have wide-ranging conditions including prematurity, short-gut syndrome, brain injury, oral-motor dysfunction, aversion behaviors, cognitive deficits or post-surgical complications. Services for these children include evaluations for both...

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Complex Chronic Conditions

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Complex Chronic Conditions

Many children come to Blythedale with multiple, complex chronic conditions that impact their function. These chronic conditions - including cerebral palsy, CHARGE syndrome, congenital and chromosomal abnormalities, severe epilipsy - can complicate recovery after surgeries, acute illnesses or...

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Arriyana Doesn't Let Pulmonary Hypertension Keep Her Down

16-month-old Ariyana was born at a mere 25-weeks gestation, weighing only 15 ounces. Her immediate medical needs were highly complex, given her extreme prematurity. She had several serious complications, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity. She was also diagnosed...

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Addiena's Story

Watch Addiena's story and learn more about her journey - overcoming complications of prematurity - to go home with her adoring parents.

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Marvelous Mirela

In June of 2016, then three-month-old Mirela was admitted to Blythedale’s Infant & Toddler Unit for medical management of her complex condition, and potentially for ventilator weaning. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and chronic respiratory failure, as well as congenital...

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