Resources
Hospitals
- Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
- 1300 Miccosukee Road
Tallahassee, FL
www.tmh.org - Capital Regional Medical Center
- 2626 Capital Medical Blvd Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL
www.capitalregionalmedicalcenter.com
Non-profit Organizations
- National Home Oxygen Patients Association
- The National Home Oxygen Patients Association was established in the late 1990's to give the more than one million supplementary oxygen users in the United States the information necessary to lead productive lives.
www.homeoxygen.org - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Since October 1997, the NHLBI has also had administrative responsibility for the NIH Woman's Health Initiative.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov - Big Bend Hospice
- Since 1983, Big Bend Hospice has provided care for people living with a life-threatening illness. Patient's are encouraged to work, play and live as fully as possible for as long as possible. Hospice provides palliative (comfort) care for the patient and emotional support for their family.
www.bigbendhospice.org - Voices for Respiratory Care
- Voices for Respiratory Care is sponsored by the Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC); it gives patients, as well as caregivers, physicians, and related businesses, tools to help educated the public, government decision-makers and the media on issues facing the home respiratory community.
www.voicesforrespiratorycare.org - American Association for Homecare
- The American Association for Homecare is the only all-inclusive national association representing the full spectrum of the homecare industry.
www.aahomecare.org - National Lung Health Education Program
- National Lung Health Education Program, (NLHEP). Advice for patients with asthmatic bronchitis, chronic bronchitis or emphysema, and information for their families.
www.nlhep.org - American Association for Respiratory Care
- The American Association for Respiratory Care aggressively advocates for the recognition of the value of respiratory therapy and therapists in all areas of public policy.
www.aarc.org - The American Lung Association
- The mission of the American Lung Association® is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
www.lungusa.org - American Sleep Apnea Association
- The ASAA is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing injury, disability, and death from sleep apnea and to enhancing the well-being of those affected by this common disorder.
www.sleepapnea.org - WebMD Information: CPAP Therapy for Obstrutive Sleep Apnea
- Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive sleep apnea breathe more easily during sleep. A CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway does not collapse when you breathe in.
Click here to view full definition from WebMD - Pleural Mesothelioma Center
- Our website has the most up to date and comprehensive information about Pleural Mesothelioma on the web today; with information ranging from a complete list of symptoms, to treatment options and steps to take after a diagnosis.
www.pleuralmesothelioma.com - People for Quality Care
People For Quality Care is operated and maintained by a group of concerned homecare advocates who want to make sure bad health care policies that have a negative effect on seniors and people with disabilities are stopped!
www.peopleforqualitycare.org