How Important is the Role of a Pulmonologist?
Your pulmonologist would be a part of a pulmonary care team. A pulmonary care team is made up of the respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners, respiratory care nurses and pulmonary function technicians. Each of them has an important role in ensuring that the treatment you would undergo would be to your advantage and eventually will cure you. The importance of having the whole team is to build up a treatment plan that the patient may go through. They would also enlighten you on the respiratory diagnostic tests and treatment options. They will also carefully explain to the patient as well as to the patient’s family the whole treatment so that you would be prepared psychologically, physically, emotionally and financially. Undergoing a treatment no matter how simple is never easy. It must be put in plain words to the patient what he has to go through so that questions that could be causing stress to him may be answered and he would know what to expect in the end. It is imperative that y
