Allison Jumett | Respiratory Specialist | Q&A 1
- Danielle
- Jan 10, 2018
- 3 min read
Hi Lovelies!
My name is Allison and I have been doing respiratory care for the past 15 years. I’m passionate about my work and am extremely excited to be able to share my years of experience, along with some great stories with you! I hope our time together will be both pleasurable and beneficial. Can’t wait to meet everyone!
What is a Respiratory Care Specialist and what does respiratory care involve?
A respiratory therapist is a specialized healthcare practitioner trained in pulmonary medicine. As clinicians we are trained in advanced airway management, establishing and maintaining the airway during management of trauma and intensive care. We initiate and manage life support for patients in intensive care units and the emergency room. In an outpatient setting, we are educators in asthma clinics, ancillary clinical staff in pediatric clinics, and sleep disorder diagnosticians in sleep labs.
What Pediatric services does your hospital currently offer?
Currently, at New York Community Hospital, we treat pediatric patients in emergency situations through our fast-track service. Once patients are stabilized, they are then referred to their Primary Care Provider (PCP) or to a facility that specializes in pediatric critical care.
Asthma affects millions of individuals, what are some things we can do in our homes and habits we can change to improve our respiratory health for ourselves and our children?
My son while growing up always had a cold, runny nose, and congestion. He was given many different kinds of medication and none of them helped. It was shortly after I became a respiratory therapist, and had a better understanding of respiratory diseases, that I decided to have my son checked by an Allergist. This is when I found out my son was allergic to several things ranging from foods to animals and dust. I then realized this accounted for much of his respiratory problems throughout the years. My advice, therefore, is to first be on top of your family’s health. For Asthma patients, it is important to know what you are allergic too or asthma “triggers”. Clean and dust free surroundings are a must. Make it a habit to work with your PCP and other healthcare providers to create and follow an asthma action plan.
What are the top three respiratory issues you face on a daily basis from the most minor to the most severe, and what can your patients do to improve their quality of life when dealing with these problems?
On a daily basis my skills as a RT are tested. It may be from a simple shortness of breath due to Asthma, to our more chronic patient with Exacerbation of COPD which might be heightened to cardio/pulmonary failure. In any of these given situations it requires skilled respiratory care to combat the patient’s ailments. As healthcare continues to get more and more costly, patients are being counseled on their lifestyle and behavior in order to avoid disease or have a better quality of life while coping with diseases like asthma. Diet, exercise, and compliance are key factors to achieving good health. Compliance should be given full attention. So many times I have had COPD patients leave hospital care only to return the next day because they went home and smoked. There are also Asthma patients who will tell you, after being thoroughly educated on their disease process, that they never monitored their peak flow on a daily basis after being discharged from a hospital facility.
I hope all of this information proved helpful! Feel free to reach out with any questions or comments below or at thebeansquad@mabohne.com – you may see your questions answered in my future posts!
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