Provincial Integrated Respiratory Services
Alberta Health Services - Provincial Health Services
- Description
- Provincial Integrated Respiratory Services (PIRS) provides in person, virtual, and on-call respiratory care to Albertans and healthcare providers who require community support.
Clinical services are provided for the following:
- Chronic home ventilation for Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL) and First Nations Insured Health Benefits (FNIHB) clients
- Rural and suburban hospital respiratory support
- Adult tracheostomy tube management
- AADL respiratory benefits funding navigation
- CPAP funding file adjudication for low-income seniors
Affiliation: AADL, Seniors Health - Special Needs Assistance Program, Elves Special Needs Society, The GRIT Program
Key Provider: clinical engineers, registered respiratory therapists, respirologists - Eligibility
- Yes, Completed Home Ventilator Funding and client consent forms signed by client or delegate:
Non-Invasive Ventilation
- clients ≥ 18 yrs old must have a diagnosis of neuromuscular disease, spinal cord disorders / chest wall dysfunction
- a consult completed by a chronic ventilation respirologist and must include a diagnosis, indication for ventilator, client history, documentation of prior BPAP compliance, daytime ventilation hours, or retained bulbar function for mouthpiece ventilation request or dependence on BPAP ≥ 16 hours and documentation of daytime hypercapnia or failure to thrive secondary to increased work of breathing
- confirmation of client’s hospital discharge plan / home management care plan which addresses other non-oxygen benefits
- a second ventilator is based on client residence more than 100 km from PIRS service site or ≥ 16 hours / day ventilator usage
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
- application required
- by appointment
- professional referral required
Referral Process: N/A
Waiting Period: Yes,Services will be provided based on receipt of AADL or NIHB funding approvals, or referrals from acute care sites. Communications and / or services are typically provided within 24 - 72 hours, and are dependent on the location of service provision.
- Telephone
- 780-342-8760
- Fax
- 780-342-8775
- PIRS.RespiratoryTherapists@ahs.ca
- Languages
- Interpreter/Translation services
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: N/A - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes - Entrance
Other disabled access: Yes - Washrooms - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- October 15, 2024
- Address
- 11111 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T5K 0L4This Covenant Health facility provides a range of healthcare services.
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon08:00 AM to 04:00 PMTue08:00 AM to 04:00 PMWed08:00 AM to 04:00 PMThu08:00 AM to 04:00 PMFri08:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Closed Saturday and Sunday. On-call services provided from 4pm-8am every day including weekends and stat holidays.
