Specialized Post-ICU Care for
Ventilator-Dependent Patients
Barlow Respiratory Hospital is a national leader in weaning chronically critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation. We are the only not-for-profit long-term care hospital in California and the destination of choice for medically complex and chronically critically ill patients referred to us from intensive or critical care units at the finest hospitals in California. Our interdisciplinary teams include board certified physicians, registered nurses and licensed therapists. We work together to provide individualized care and treatment for each of our patients. Our goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes to recover and return home or discharge to lower levels of care.
Barlow Respiratory Hospital has served our community since 1902.
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First hospital in California to
earn this certification
The only facility in the Western
U.S. to earn this distinction
3-time recipient of this
prestigious award
accredited by the Joint Commission
Barlow Respiratory Hospital is recognized for the continued success of our Ventilator Weaning Program. We consistently wean more than 50% of mechanically ventilated patients each year while maintaining the number of days to wean at less than two weeks. That means patients are able to breathe on their own again, and able to return home to loved ones, sooner.
Weaned is defined as patient being free of invasive mechanical ventilation at least one full calendar day prior to day of discharge. Time to wean is tallied from day of admission through the last day of ventilator support.
Former Barlow Respiratory Hospital patient Lydia Torrez’s condition was so perilous that her family was summoned to say their goodbyes. But then, she recovered enough to be transferred to Barlow Respiratory Hospital at PIH Health Hospital Whittier and finally, home. “I am grateful.”