Carol L. Vanbuul, NP

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Ms. Carol L. Vanbuul is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in Winder, GA with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating a variety of acute but severe illnesses, sometimes over long periods. As an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Carol L. Vanbuul, NP performs treatment for critically ill patients. Acute Care Nurse Practice is practiced in emergency rooms, urgent care centers, intensive care units, surgical units, and nursing homes. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Acute Care Nurse Practitioners include flu complications, broken bones, concussions, heart attacks, seizures, or shock. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Acute Care Nurse Practitioners include ordering and performing diagnostic tests, creating treatment plans, applying sutures and splinting broken bones, prescribing medication, monitoring treatments and medical equipment, referring patients to specialists, collaborating with specialists, and discharging patients.

Pulmonary Disease Practitioner

Ms. Carol L. Vanbuul is a Pulmonary Disease Practitioner in Winder, GA with special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases of the respiratory system. As a Pulmonary Disease Practitioner, Carol L. Vanbuul, NP 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.