Pulmonary Function Test: What to Expect The Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) is a series of breathing tests that measure the air flow into and out of your lungs. You will be asked to breathe through a machine. Sometimes people feel anxious about this test because it takes place in an enclosed glass booth. You will only be in the enclosed booth for a very short time (about 90 seconds). If you have claustrophobia, the test can be performed outside of the booth. Your respiratory therapist will be at your side each moment to give you clear directions and ensure your comfort. The complete set of tests

Respiratory Treatments and Therapies Munson Healthcare pulmonary medicine specialists and respiratory therapists take a team approach to creating a treatment plan that is tailored to your condition. Arterial blood gas sampling Bronchial hygiene therapy Bronchial thermoplasty: This procedure is for treating severe asthma in adults. It is performed at Munson Medical Center by pulmonary and critical care specialists. The procedure is a safe, outpatient treatment that mildly heats your airway walls. This heating reduces some of the extra muscle present in the airways. This may allow your airways

Want to Become a Respiratory Therapist? Munson Healthcare partners with Muskegon Community College to educate and train respiratory therapists. All pre-requisites can be completed at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City. Respiratory therapy classes are attended via REMEC in the Respiratory Therapy classroom at Munson Medical Center. Clinical training and rotations take place at Grayling Hospital, Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, and Munson Medical Center. Students also complete two weeks of training at University of Michigan or Spectrum Health for their neonatal/pediatrics clinical

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Paging How to Receive Pages By Pager: Vendor: USA Mobility Cost: $5/month Set-up Process: To request pager, contact Munson Help Desk at (231) 935-6053 or helpdesk@mhc.net. By Cell: Vendors: AT&T or Verizon only (Sprint may be available in the future) Cost: $3/month for AT&T; no charge for Verizon AT&T Set-up Process: Using your AT&T phone, dial “611”. Request to turn on “EPU4” – basic enterprise messaging. AT&T will send a test message. Once you’ve received confirmation from AT&T that text messaging has been turned on, contact the Munson Switchboard at (231) 935-5000 or switchboard@mhc.net

UpToDate Munson Medical Center has upgraded its popular UpToDate application to UpToDate Anywhere, which now allows physicians and providers to access peer-reviewed health content from their office or mobile device, and earn CME credit. Registration is required to access UpToDate Anywhere. UpToDate Anywhere users must reregister from a Munson Healthcare computer every 90 days. This requirement will go away once UpToDate is integrated with PowerChart later this year. For questions on UpToDate content, contact Munson’s Knowledge Management Services at 231-935-6170 or Library-HealthSciences@mhc

Direct Trust Addresses Direct Trust addresses are intended for clinician communication only. Referring providers should continue to follow their usual referral process in addition to sending a CCDA electronically to make sure patients' needs are promptly addressed. The Direct Trust addresses are only intended for EMR to EMR transmission and cannot be used as email addresses.