Advanced Respiratory

Care Program

Specialized respiratory care designed to improve recovery, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and support patients with complex pulmonary conditions.

About the Program

Hilltop Healthcare’s Advanced Respiratory Care Program provides specialized respiratory management under the direction of a Registered Respiratory Therapist. Our goal is to help patients recover safely following hospitalization while supporting physicians with evidence-based respiratory care and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Patients benefit from individualized treatment plans, close respiratory monitoring, education, and coordinated communication throughout their stay.

Conditions We Treat

Our Respiratory Services

Respiratory Assessment

Comprehensive pulmonary assessment and ongoing monitoring.

Oxygen Therapy

Oxygen monitoring, titration support, and patient education.

Aerosol Therapy

Nebulizer treatments and inhaler education.

Airway Clearance Therapy

  • Incentive Spirometry
  • PEP Therapy
  • Secretion Mobilization
  • Cough Assistance

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Breathing exercises, endurance training, energy conservation, and functional recovery.

CPAP/BiPAP Management

Equipment support, compliance monitoring, and patient education.

Tracheostomy Management

Respiratory monitoring, racheostomy care, and hysician collaboration.

Patient & Caregiver Education

Disease education, breathing techniques, medication use, equipment instruction, and discharge preparation.

Our Respiratory Services

11%

Lower rehospitalization following pulmonary rehabilitation

33%

Lower risk of hospital readmission or death
Up to

50%

Reduction in 30-day readmissions with respiratory therapist-led COPD management

Physician Collaboration

Explain that Hilltop works closely with referring physicians through ongoing communication regarding:

Meet Our Respiratory Therapy Director

Blair Oquist, RRT

Director of Respiratory Therapy