Brattleboro Memorial
Hospital provides round-the-clock care by credentialed
Respiratory Care Practitioners. Services include:
• complete pulmonary function testing
• Indirect Calorimetry (Metabolic testing)
• arterial blood gas analysis
• ventilator management
• bronchodilator therapy
• hyperinflation therapy
• oxygen therapy
• Smoking Cessation
• Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Hours of Operation/Telephone Numbers
Testing is provided Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. by appointment with the written order of a physician/allied
health professional. To schedule an appointment, call
257-8218.
Smoking Cessation hotline phone number is 251-8456
Testing Requirements
Each test may require different preparation. We will
have information on preparation on this website in the
future. For now please discuss what you should do with
the person with whom you make the appointment. When
arriving at the hospital, stop at patient registration/admitting
near the main entrance to register.
What happens to my test results?
All tests are interpreted by a physician. If the doctor
discovers something you need to know at the time of
the test he will tell you. Most tests results take an
average of seven working days to complete. Call your
doctor for test results. |