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. For more than 10 years, we have consistently weaned more than 50% of patients each year while decreasing the number of days to wean and the length of stay. That means patients are able to breathe on their own again, and able to return home to loved ones, sooner.
At Barlow Respiratory Hospital we have a legacy of specialized respiratory care.
Barlow Respiratory Hospital consistently liberates over half of all chronically ill patients admitted for weaning from mechanical ventilation.
Weaned is defined as patient being free of invasive mechanical ventilation at least one full calendar day prior to day of discharge.
More than half of patients who wean now do so within the first two weeks of admission.
Time to wean is tallied from day of admission through 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.”