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You’re in good hands at Bay Regional’s Cardiac Rehab
Program
Cardiac Rehabilitation at Bay Regional Medical Center is a
medically-supervised program for individuals with cardiovascular disease,
whether congenital or acquired. The primary goal of Cardiac Rehabilitation is to
enable the individual to achieve their optimal level of physical, psychological,
and social well-being.
Our Cardiac Rehabilitation program is nationally certified by the American
Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Individuals
who participate in the program work with a staff of nurses and exercise
physiologists, all Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified, and many
certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as exercise
specialists.
Cardiac Rehabilitation can benefit those individuals with conditions or
procedures such as:
- angina pectoris
- myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- valve repair or replacement
- interventional procedures such as angioplasty and
coronary stenting
- post heart transplant patients
- heart failure
- arrhythmia
- device implants, such as pacemakers or internal
defibrillators
- multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and
smoking)
Click here to learn how one patient has benefited from Cardiac
Rehab…
Cardiac Rehabilitation is by physician referral, and
provides supervised exercise and education for individuals with cardiovascular
disease, or for those recovering from a cardiovascular procedure in three
phases:
Phase I Cardiac Rehabilitation begins while the individual
is hospitalized. Patients receive information on their individual heart-related
illness, recovery, exercise, risk factor modification, and nutrition.
Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation is on an outpatient basis ay
Bay’s West campus This phase consists of medically-supervised exercise sessions,
including continuous ECG (electrocardiographic) monitoring and cardiac education
classes. Participants typically attend three sessions per week. Phase II is
typically covered by most insurances.
Education topics include:
- Benefits of Exercise
- Cardiac Medications
- Cardiac Risk Factors
- Cholesterol
- Cooking Demonstration
- Coping With Heart Disease
- Diabetes Education
- Food Label Reading
- Healthy Heart Diet
- Hypertension
- Cardiac Anatomy and abnormalities
Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation is a voluntary maintenance
exercise and education program for those completing Phase I and II, and desiring
a convenient location with equipment suited to aerobic activity. This phase is
generally not covered by insurance.
Smoking Cessation Clinics are also available through the Cardiac
Rehabilitation program.
For details, call (989) 667-6641.
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