Cardiac Rehabilitation
St. Francis Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation helps people recovering from a heart attack, valve or bypass surgery, stent implant or other heart problem.
About
Rehabilitation helps prepare you physically, mentally and emotionally for return to work and normal family and social life. It also helps you slowly and safely get back to normal activities. Our therapists talk to you about changes you can make to help reduce your risk of more heart problems. A physician referral is required for cardiac rehabilitation.
Cardiac rehabilitation can:
- Increase your chances of surviving a heart attack or other heart problem
- Increase your ability to be active and exercise
- Help you return to work sooner
- Help you get back to a normal lifestyle
- Improve overall health and well-being
Our Services
The cardiac rehabilitation program at Penrose Hospital includes a variety of services to support individual healing related to cardiac events and conditions.
Our teams manage all elements of inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehab and long-term fitness goal-setting.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation is our comprehensive education and exercise program designed to improve your cardiovascular health and quality of life while recovering from a cardiovascular event.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase I provides educational services for patients hospitalized at Penrose Hospital and St- Francis Medical Center for open heart surgery, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, and other diagnoses related to coronary artery disease.
Trained cardiac rehab nurses and exercise physiologists provide patients and family members with education about recovery, activity, and coronary artery risk factor modification.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II is designed primarily for patients with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease, open-heart surgery, recent myocardial infarction, angioplasty, stent, or stable angina. This comprehensive program offers prescribed cardiovascular exercise, risk factor modification, education, ongoing nursing assessment, and referral to nutritionist and behavioral intervention based on individual need.
This multifaceted program is designed to limit the adverse physiologic and psychological effects of cardiac illness, reduce risk of sudden death or reinfarction, control cardiac symptoms, stabilize the atherosclerotic process and enhance the patient's psychosocial and vocational status. Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II Program is reimbursed by Medicare and most other payers.
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is offered at Audubon Medical Campus and St. Francis Medical Center. For more information on outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, talk to your doctor for a referral.
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