What respiratory therapists do:

• Provide treatments to make breathing easier.
• Use various techniques to help you clear out your lungs when mucus is blocking your airways.
• Help you exercise your lungs and diaphragm to recover from an illness or surgery to your lungs or respiratory system.
• Perform breathing tests to diagnose pulmonary (lung and respiratory system) diseases.
• Monitor and manage patients who are on ventilatory support machines.

At Canning Thoracic Institute, we strive to offer world-class respiratory therapy:

• Our team will help you learn about using equipment and medications you may need at home.
• We are a comprehensive team of specialists and provide care in many different settings, such as hospitals, labs and outpatient clinics.
• All of our respiratory therapists participate in continuing education to help ensure they provide excellent care.