The Cardiopulmonary Services Department at Cumberland Medical Center has three divisions:

Respiratory Care
Services offered are Acute Respiratory Care, Pulmonary Function Diagnostics including Pulmonary Exercise Stress Testing.

Cumberland Medical Center has the distinction of being recognized as a Quality Respiratory Care (QRCR) provider hospital by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). Visit the AARC website at http://www.aarc.org/headlines/qrcr/ to view the standards required to be designated as a QRCR hospital.

Qualified licensed professional Respiratory Care Practitioners are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Respiratory Care staff at Cumberland Medical Center work closely with physicians and nurses to provide state-of-the-art, compassionate respiratory care.

The most up-to-date pulmonary diagnostic testing is available at Cumberland Medical Center. A Body Plethysmographic Pulmonary Function Diagnostic System allows our physicians to obtain advanced lung diagnostic parameters.

Neurology
Neurology services includes: Diagnostic EEG Service and Diagnostic Sleep Studies.

The Neurodiagnostic Testing Division
This division provides Cumberland Medical Center’s inpatients and outpatients with Diagnostic Electroencephalograph (EEG) and Sleep Services.

Cardio Diagnostic Testing (CDT)
Diagnostic Cardiac Ultrasound (Echocardiography), Diagnostic Electrocardiograms (EKG’s), Routine Cardiac Stress Tests, Cardiac Holter and Event Monitoring Diagnostic Cardiac Ultrasound (Echocardiography), Diagnostic Electrocardiograms (EKG’s), Routine Cardiac Stress Tests, Cardiac Holter and Event Monitoring are all performed by the CDT division. Three board certified cardiologists along with the other medical staff work closely with the CDT staff to provide an excellent cardiac diagnostic service for Cumberland Medical Center’s patients.

General Information
Most diagnostic studies are performed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. In most instances, the Cardiopulmonary Department is able to schedule testing so that its testing times can be coordinated with other departments in the hospital. This allows for patients to have multiple diagnostic procedures done on the same day. This provides patients with the most efficient use of their time and provides an enhanced degree of continuity of care.

Referral Process
Physician referrals can be made during normal business hours by telephoning the Cardiopulmonary Services Department. Urgent referrals will be scheduled and completed as quickly as possible so that physicians have the information they need to diagnose and treat their patients.

Reporting Process
Reports will be made available to referring physicians as quickly as possible. Any questions about report availability should be directed to either Cardiopulmonary Services or Medical Records.