Breathing New Life: Inside Mary Free Bed's Respiratory Care Program

Respiratory Care Week is a great chance to highlight the important work of respiratory therapists and teams at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation and across the nation.In a special edition of Rehabilitationships, a podcast from Mary Free Bed, we are back with another episode of our “Meet the Team” series. Host Chris Mills is joined by Maria Gordon, Digital Marketing Coordinator at Mary Free Bed, and they share two conversations they had with members of the Respiratory Therapy Program.The first half of the episode highlights the origins of our ventilator program and respiratory team. It features Dr. Eric Geiser, who specializes in internal medicine and pulmonary critical care. He works with patients in Mary Free Bed’s Intensive Medical Rehabilitation Program.Dr. Geiser was joined by Rebecca Brower, a Registered Respiratory Therapist, who’s been a part of the Mary Free Bed team through its growth and expansion of services.In the second half of the episode, we look at the education within Mary Free Bed and our respiratory team. Guests for this conversation were Molly Bennett, Lead Respiratory Therapist, and Sharijo Taylor, a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Clinical Rehab Educator at Mary Free Bed.Listen to the episode to discover how this unique program is transforming ventilator and respiratory care and helping patients transition from survival to living fuller lives.  Want more? Learn about Mary Free Bed’s respiratory team and its Intensive Medical Rehabilitation Program.