Pulmonary Rehab

Contact Information

6580 165th Street
Albia, IA 52531

Phone

(641) 932-1684

Fax

(641) 932-1606

Hours

Monday–Friday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
By appointment only
(A physician order is required prior to scheduling.)

Services

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program of education and exercise to increase awareness about your lungs and disease.

A Path to Breathing Better.

Goals to achieve with Pulmonary Rehabilitation:

  • To exercise with less shortness of breath
  • Improve quality of life
  • Walk more or improve your ability to exercise
  • Feel better about yourself or feel less anxious
  • Feel less tired
  • Improve your ability to do daily living activities, like housework or going out with your family

    • Who should have Pulmonary Rehabilitation:

    Any person with a chronic lung disease might benefit from Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

      Examples of chronic lung conditions include:

      • COPD:  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema and chronic bronchitis)
      • Interstitial lung disease (sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis)
      • Lung cancer and lung cancer surgery
      • Lung volume reduction surgery before and after a lung transplantation
      • Asthma
      • Cystic fibrosis
      • Pulmonary hypertension

     

    Rae Griffin, BHS RRT, Pulmonary Rehab Department Coordinator

    “My name is Rae Griffin. I graduated from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri with my Bachelors of Health Sciences in Respiratory Therapy. I have been working as a Registered Respiratory Therapist since 2013. I have had the opportunity to work in different facilities offering a wide range of experience. Over the past several years, I have been able to work in critical care settings from neonatal to adults, emergency services, outpatient testing, and pulmonary rehab. I enjoy all of what I have experienced, but working in a smaller facility, such as MCHC, I am able to work with both the inpatient and outpatient respiratory population.”