Ventilator Weaning and Management
The centerpiece of Radius Specialty Hospitals' offerings is our Ventilator Weaning and Management Program. Patients who have not been able to wean from ventilator dependence in an acute care hospital often see impressive results at Radius: a low rate of complications, such as pneumonia, and successful weaning from a ventilator.
Employing the latest technological advances in assisted ventilation, Radius pulmonologists Martin Joyce-Brady, MD, and Christine Campbell-Reardon, MD oversee the care of patients with serious conditions, including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
They lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team of physicians, registered nurses, speech, occupational, and physical therapists and round-the-clock respiratory therapists who have extensive experience in the art and science of ventilator weaning. Dr. Joyce-Brady or Dr. Campbell-Reardon see patients daily and utilize the team to provide aggressive treatment to meet the goal of ventilator weaning. A range of on-site lab, radiology, pharmacy, and speech, occupational and physical therapy services are employed to help remove obstacles to weaning and monitor and support the patient.
Is Radius right for you?
You may be an appropriate patient for Radius' Ventilator Weaning and Management Program if:
- You have been on a ventilator for ten days or more
- You have been transitioned to a tracheotomy
Read more about Radius Specialty Hospital's ventilator weaning strategies and a success story. Or visit Boston University Medical Center's Pulmonary website for more information.
Complex Medical Care and Rehabilitation
Radius Specialty Hospital physicians and support staff are expert at providing care and rehabilitation for a variety of patients with conditions that are complex to treat and require an extended hospital stay.
For cardiac-related illnesses, we can aggressively monitor our patients' condition and progress with our on-site radiology and laboratory services. Our full range of physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapies are combined to help accelerate rehabilitation after a heart attack or operation.
Is Radius right for you?
You or a loved one may be an appropriate patient for Radius' Complex Medical Care and Rehabilitation if:
- You have congestive heart failure, a stable but irregular heart beat, valve disorder, or have had a heart attack
- You have an infection such as osteomyelitis or cellulitis
- You have post-surgical complications
- You are recovering from an amputation
Contact us to see which program is right for you.
Medical-Behavioral Program
If you or your loved one is a patient with a long-term medical illness as well as a psychiatric condition, Radius Specialty Hospitals offer an innovative medical-behavioral program. While not many acute hospitals can manage behavioral patients, and not many psychiatric hospitals can manage medical complications, Radius is unique in that it can do both in an efficient and effective way.
Patients with dementias (including Alzheimer's type) and other neuro-degenerative disorders or various psychiatric conditions in combination with illnesses such as pneumonia, congestive heart failure, or infection will receive the following comprehensive care:
- Treatment in a secure unit
- Daily psychiatry and psychology services on-site
- Daily internal medicine coverage
- Neuro-psychological testing if appropriate
- Multidisciplinary team approach
Is Radius right for you?
You or a loved one may be an appropriate patient for Radius' Medical-Behavioral Program if:
- You have a medical condition or conditions requiring hospital-level treatment
- You have a cognitive/behavioral/psychological condition
Contact us to see if this Radius program is right for you.
Wound Care
Wound care is one of Radius Specialty Hospitals areas of expertise, and to this end, we have developed a Complex Wound Care Program to apply focused attention on patients with non-healing and slow-to-heal wounds.
Led by a specialized medical team including a certified wound care specialist R.N., the program offers comprehensive nutritional support, rehabilitation, mobility, and bladder and bowel management services. Also, each week a team of physicians and other staff visit all wound patients and confer on their progress and best modes of care.
As a wound patient, you or your family member will undergo a thorough diagnostic examination to better understand the type and cause of the wound. We then will design a multidisciplinary treatment plan to aggressively treat you, to help you avoid pain and further infection.
Physical Rehab
At Radius, hospital-level physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapy staff motivate and support patients, many of whom receive as much as three times the rehabilitation here that they would receive elsewhere.
We provide the highest quality
- speech therapy to facilitate patient communication and assess swallowing function
- occupational therapy to optimize daily activities
- physical therapy to restore, maintain and promote overall physical functioning
- therapeutic recreation to facilitate patient participation in achieving specific goals despite physical, mental or emotional illnesses or disabilities.
These therapeutic services are central to Radius' interdisciplinary team process, which often results in superior patient progress.
Is Radius right for you?
You or a loved one may be appropriate for Radius' intensive rehabilitation services if you are a patient with:
- Stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and trauma
- Prolonged hospitalization with weakness/functional loss
- Progressive neurological disorder such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease
- Amputation Polyarthritis with significant functional decline
Contact us to see if this Radius program is right for you.
Neurologic Rehab
The Radius team approach has been shown to be effective with patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury as well as those with degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
Radiology
We can monitor our patients' health and rehabilitative progress with maximum efficiency and minimum delay by performing radiology/imaging services on-site. Cardiac patients can obtain echocardiograms, EKGs, and telemetry monitoring. Vascular and abdominal/renal ultrasounds are also available in-house.
The patient benefits of on-site radiology services are:
- No patient transfer to another facility
- More rapid availability of test and result
- Interpretation by Boston Medical Center radiologist on-site five days a week
- Team approach to results and care plan
Contact us if you have questions about Radius Specialty Hospitals on-site radiology services, on-site laboratory, pharmacy, or dialysis services.
