Our Company
A.R.M.D. is a company with extensive experience in the field and is composed by a multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing home care to patients with complex respiratory conditions that require cutting edge life support systems, particularly long-term Respiratory Assistance in its various modalities.
We also assist patients with other pathologies of diverse complexity requiring home care.
Our Differential
Our Services
Low Complexity
- Care Coordination fully conducted by healthcare provider.
- Doctor visits: 1 weekly.
- Nursing care: 2 – 24hs.
- Speech therapy: twice weekly.
- Physical therapy: 3 times a week.
- Respiratory physical therapy: 3 times a week.
- Early stimulation or occupational therapy: 3 times a week.
- Oxygen tank including 2 refills for travel and contingency.
- Aspirator/ nebulizer equipments.
- Feeding pump.
- Blood oxygen saturation monitor.
- Basic disposable material.
Medium Complexity
- Care Coordination fully conducted by healthcare provider.
- Doctor visits: 1 weekly visit.
- Nursing care: 2 – 24 hours.
- Speech therapy: twice per week.
- Physical therapy: 3 times a week.
- Respiratory physical therapy: 7 times a week.
- Early stimulation or occupational therapy: 3 times a week.
- Oxygen tank including 2 refills for travel and contingency.
- Aspirator/ nebulizer equipments.
- Battery-operated or manual aspirator.
- Feeding pump.
- Blood oxygen saturation monitor.
- Portable oxygen.
- Basic disposable material.
High Complexity without ARM
- Care Coordination fully conducted by healthcare provider.
- Doctor visits: 1 weekly.
- 24/7 nursing care.
- Respiratory physical therapy: 1 daily visit.
- Physical therapy: 1 daily visit.
- Speech therapy: 3 times a week.
- Occupational therapy or early stimulation: 3 times a week.
- Oxygen tank including 3 refills.
- Aspirator/ nebulizer equipments.
- Battery-operated or manual aspirator.
- Blood oxygen saturation monitor.
- Oxygen concentrator.
- Portable oxygen.
- Feeding pump.
- Basic disposable material.
High Complexity with ARM
- Care Coordination fully conducted by healthcare provider.
- Doctor visits: 2 weekly visits or on demand.
- 24/7 nursing care.
- Respiratory physical therapy : 2 daily visits.
- Physical therapy: one daily visit.
- Speech therapy: 3 times a week.
- Occupational therapy or early stimulation: 3 times a week.
- Oxygen tank including 4 refills.
- Aspirator/ nebulizer equipments.
- Battery-operated or manual aspirator.
- Blood oxygen saturation monitor.
- Oxygen concentrator.
- Volumetric respirator.
- Bi-PAP/ C-PAP.
- Ventilator circuits – 4 per month.
- Feeding pump.
- Basic disposable material.
Miscellaneous Pathologies Care
Central Nervous System
- Primary Hypoventilation Syndrome.
- Arnold-Chiari Syndrome.
- Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (Ondine’s curse).
Spinal Cord
- Spinal cord injury
- Myelomeningocele.
- Syringomyelia.
Anterior Gray Horn
- Poliomelytis sequelae
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Werdnig – Hoffman disease.
Peripheral nerves and neuromuscular junction
- Neuropathies (Charcot – Marie –Thooth disease).
- Phrenic nerve injury.
- Guillain – Barré syndrome.
- Myasthenia gravis.
- Lambert-Eaton syndrome.
Muscular
- Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy.
- Myotonic dystrophy (Steinert, Thomsen).
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
- Diaphragmatic paralysis.
- Acid-maltase deficiency (Pompe disease).
Rib cage alterations
- Idiopathic Kyphoscoliosis, Pott’s disease.
- Sequels of thoracoplasty or of therapeutic pneumothorax.
- Fibrothorax.
- Abdominal hernia.
- Obesity.
- Connective tissue diseases (osteogenesis imperfecta).
Our Team
Dra. Cristina Petratti
Médica
Medical Doctor, degree received from “Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Fundación H.A. Barceló”, Buenos Aires, Argentina” on December 1999. Intensive Care Residency program completed at H.I.G.A. “Eva Perón” (ex H.I.G.A. “Mariano Castex”) in 2004.
Cristina Petratti graduated as Intensive Care Specialist from SATI (Argentine Society of Intensive Care) in May 2004 and earned a degree in Critical Medicine and Intensive Care from UBA (University of Buenos Aires).
Medical Coordinator at “Clínica del Parque” from 2004 to 2006.
General Manager at ARMD SRL, homecare assistance services company from 2006 to date. Academic Director of the course Mechanical Respiratory Assistance at “Universidad de Belgrano” in 2011.
Dr. Adrián Suarez
Médico
Medical Doctor, degree received from “Universidad Nacional de La Plata” on April 1988. Professional License: M.N. 75609
Residency: Internal medicine residency at H.I.G.A.“Eva Perón” (ex H.I.G.A. “Mariano Castex”) from 1988 to 1991. Head of Residency: Internal Medicine practice at H.I.G.A. “Eva Perón” from 1991 to 1992. Doctor of Pulmonary Laboratory at “Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari,” from 1993 to 2008.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine Orientation at UDH Teaching Hospital “Alfredo Lanari,” Full Professor Dr. Samuel Finkelman, from 1993 to 2007. Professor of Physiology, Respiratory Physiology module at “Maimonides University” from 1997 to 2004. Medical Coordinator of the Respiratory Care Unit at “Clínica del Parque” from 2001 to 2010. Medical Coordinator at ARMD SRL from 2006 to 2011. Medical Director at ARMD SRL from April 2011 to date. Medical Director of the course Mechanical Respiratory Assistance at “Universidad de Belgrano” in 2011.
Our Publications
“New Paths: Challenges in Home
Mechanical Respiratory Assistance“
Es un libro que reúne los conceptos básicos que hacen a la internación domiciliaria enfocada a pacientes con condiciones respiratorias complejas que requieren medidas de sostén vital avanzadas, en especial de asistencia respiratoria mecánica a largo plazo, en sus diversas modalidades, abarcando temas que tratan desde lo estrictamente asistencial hasta aquellos de aspectos técnicos, legales, de gerenciamiento, psicológicos, etc. .
Debido a la alta dependencia tecnológica de este tipo de pacientes esta modalidad de asistencia médica requiere la incorporación permanente de nueva tecnología y capacitación constante para su empleo. En este modo terapéutico el concepto de cuidado es más abarcativo que el de tratamiento; cuidar al paciente es también comprender su situación y la de su familia.
El libro intenta ser una fuente de información actualizada para todos aquellos profesionales de la salud (médicos, kinesiólogos, enfermeros, fonaudiólogos, terapistas ocupacionales, psicólogos, etc) involucrados en esta herramienta asistencial, que se encuentra en pleno desarrollo.
Además es el primer libro en idioma castellano que aborda esta temática con este nivel de desarrollo. Está desarrollado en un lenguaje simple para que pueda ser leído por familiares y pacientes con la finalidad de ayudarlos a transitar por este nuevo camino.
Ideado y escrito por los directores de A.R.M.D, la Dra Cristina Petratti y el Dr. Adrián A. Suarez, cuenta con la colaboración de renombrados profesionales del ámbito internacional como la Dra. Sagrario Mayoralas Alises y el Dr. Salvador Días Lobato y la participación de la Licenciada Alejandra Rizzi y el Dr. Rodrigo Carballido.
Editado por la editorial DUNKEN, se consigue en las principales librerías del país o a través de A.R.M.D. Asistencia Respiratoria Mecánica Domiciliaria.
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