Respiratory Medicine
The Department of Respiratory Medicine provides expert services in the management of acute and chronic respiratory disorders. We provide a wide range of services for different conditions, including but not limited to asthma, COPD, lung cancer, respiratory infections including tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease, occupational lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, sleep-related breathing disorders, lung cancer, and chronic respiratory failure.
The hospital provides a seven bedded unit for respiratory patients and non – invasive ventilatory support for patients with respiratory failure. Our respiratory nurse specialists provide clinical, evidence-based expertise and care for respiratory patients – providing the patient with the most up to date knowledge and treatments.
The aim of the respiratory specialist nurses is to provide a clear framework of care for respiratory patients for both inpatients and outpatients in St. Michael’s Hospital.
Services
- Patient education and support
- Provide educational programmes for staff
- Acting as a resource for multidisciplinary team members
- Telephone advice service
- Nurse-led clinic for asthma COPD patients
- Arrange instalment of domiciliary equipment e.g. nebulisers, oxygen, non-invasive-ventilation (NIV), CPAP
- Home oximetry service
- Assessment for oxygen therapy for home use and for travel purposes
- Smoking cessation programmes
- Involved in research/audit in respiratory care
Useful contact information
- Heads of Department/Medical Director/Consultant Respiratory Physician – Dr Sarah O’Beirne / Dr Alexander Deegan
- tel: (01) 271 3006
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Co-Ordinator/ Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist – Philip Tonge
- tel: (01) 663 9832
- Medical Secretary – Melissa Devlin
- tel: (01) 271 3006
- Clinical Nurse Specialist – Sarah Carroll
- tel: (01) 663 9888
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Candidate – Peter O’Toole
- tel: (01) 2713015
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Candidate – Bernathpriya Magimairaj
- tel: (01) 2713015
Contact
tel: (01) 271 3006
Location
The Respiratory Unit
Second Floor
Main hospital
The Pulmonary Laboratory
First Floor
Annexe Building
Opening Hours
Pulmonary laboratory
Wed: 08.00 – 16.00
Respiratory nurses
Mon-Wed: 08.00 – 18.00
Thu: 08.00 – 16.00
Fri: 08.00 – 17.00
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Mon- Fri: 09.00 – 17.00