Critical Care Medicine Doctor
Dr. Griffith Blackmon is a Critical Care Medicine Doctor in Bremerton, WA
with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating life-threatening injuries and diseases.
As a Critical Care Medicine Doctor, Griffith Blackmon, MD performs
life support and monitoring of critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine is
a branch of medicine focused on management of life-threatening medical conditions. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Critical Care Medicine Doctors include respiratory failure, kidney failure, sepsis, and multiple organ failure.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Critical Care Medicine Doctors
include inserting breathing, intravenous, or feeding tubes; using cardiac monitors, using suction pumps, and administering medically induced comas.
An internist who diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
Critical Care Medicine Doctors in Bremerton, WA
Pulmonary Disease Doctor
Dr. Griffith Blackmon is a Pulmonary Disease Doctor in Bremerton, WA
with special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases of the respiratory system.
As a Pulmonary Disease Doctor, Griffith Blackmon, MD performs
treatment of infectious, structural, inflammatory, cancerous, and autoimmune respiratory disorders. Pulmonary Disease Medicine is
a medical specialty centered on diagnosing and treating health problems related to the respiratory system. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Pulmonary Disease Doctors include asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, interstitial lung disease, occupational lung disease, pneumonia, obstructive sleep apnea, lung cancer, and bronchiectasis.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pulmonary Disease Doctors
include x-ray, CT, and MRI diagnostic imaging, chest fluoroscopy and ultrasound, pleural biopsy, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, sleep studies, pulse oximetry testing, and asthma testing.
An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.
Pulmonary Disease Doctors in Bremerton, WA
Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologist
Dr. Griffith Blackmon is a Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologist in Bremerton, WA
with special training and skill in managing anesthesia care for critical care patients of all ages.
As a Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologist, Griffith Blackmon, MD performs
anesthesia care in an intensive care unit or other emergency care department. Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiology is
administration of anesthesia to critically ill or injured patients during surgery. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologists include heart disease, gall bladder infection, appendicitis, cirrhosis, cancer, and major trauma.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologists
include cardiac surgery, cholecystectomy, colectomy, appendectomy, and organ transplantation.
An anesthesiologist, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologists in Bremerton, WA
Sleep Medicine Doctor
Dr. Griffith Blackmon is a Sleep Medicine Doctor in Bremerton, WA
with special training and skill in disorders related to patient sleeping patterns and sleep quality.
As a Sleep Medicine Doctor, Griffith Blackmon, MD performs
sleep quality testing, clinical condition assessment, sleep studies, and behavioral therapy. Sleep Medicine is
a medical specialty focused on identifying sleep disorders and relieving pain, distress, and illness related to those disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Sleep Medicine Doctors include REM behavior disorder (RBD), sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, insomnia, recurring nightmares, shift work disorder, circadian rhythm disorders, teeth grinding (bruxism), night terrors, bedwetting, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sleep Medicine Doctors
include physical examination, sleep studies, polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing, actigraphy, mental health evaluation, prescribing medication, and referral to other specialists as necessary.
An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.
Sleep Medicine Doctors in Bremerton, WA
