Registered Respiratory Therapist

Unit Summary

The adult Medical Diagnostic Units at Hamilton Health Sciences include the MDUs at the Hamilton General Hospital,the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, and the McMaster University Medical Centre. These are all administered in
the Diagnostic Services program with a unified management structure. Specially trained physicians, technicians and technologists provide a range of both In-Patient and Out-Patient diagnostic testing that focuses on Cardiac, Pulmonary,
and Neurological issues. The specific diagnostic tests available are: Electrocardiography (ECG), Holter Monitoring, Exercise Stress Testing, Echocardiography (Echo), Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT). Electroencephalography (EEG), Electromyography (MG), Evoked Potentials (EVP) and Peripheral Vascular Testing.

The Respiratory Therapist will work in a fast paced interdisciplinary pulmonary and exercis...