Post ICU Care at Barlow Respiratory Hospital

At Barlow Respiratory Hospital, we know that when a family member is ill, the entire family is impacted. Who will you trust to care for your loved one?

See Important Questions to help you make a decision on the best provider for Post-ICU care for your loved one.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital provides post-ICU acute care for patients with complex medical conditions, including specialization in weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation. Referral and admission to Barlow Respiratory Hospital is a next step in the recovery journey from an acute care setting. Physicians from the finest hospitals in Los Angeles and Southern California trust their most difficult cases to Barlow Respiratory Hospital for access to Barlow’s entire team of board-certified physicians, consulting specialists and an expert interdisciplinary clinical and rehabilitation team.

Patients are referred to Barlow Respiratory Hospital from nearly 100 hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and beyond. With nearly 300 physicians on our medical staff and multiple locations in Los Angeles County, our expertise is accessible to patients and families.

At Barlow Respiratory Hospital, patients with complex respiratory conditions benefit from the expertise of a multidisciplinary medical team of clinicians who specialize in pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and internal medicine and who work in close collaboration with physicians in a variety of medical practice specialties. This partnership promotes communication and coordination of care, informs treatment decisions and supports patient centered goal setting.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital also serves as a clinical training site for respiratory therapy, nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, pharmacy, clinical nutrition and allied health professionals. Educating medical professionals of the future to care for the chronically critically ill is a vital role Barlow plays in our community, and one in which we take great pride.

Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals with chronic critical illnesses and and complex respiratory conditions in post-acute settings. The benefits of post-ICU hospitalization at Barlow Respiratory Hospital includes access to our expert multidisciplinary medical team who work together with highly specialized skills to provide individualized treatment for optimal functioning at the next level of care including renewed hope for a return to home with loved ones.

If you have questions about post-ICU care for your patient or loved one, call our Barlow Admissions info line at 213-202-6878. If you need information on our locations, click here.