Bundaberg - HeartStart Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
14 Branyan Street Bundaberg West, QLD 4670
741501808

Service Overview

Phase II and Phase III Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and Heart Failure Program

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week program. Choice of 1 or 2 sessions per week with multiple session time options Monday - Friday 8:00am - 11am. Home program prescription also an option for patients in outlying areas or unable to attend sessions.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

HeartStart Walking Track Program operates 3x mornings Mon/Wed/Fri (6:00-7:00am) HeartStart Water Aerobics Program operates 3x afternoons Mon/Wed/Fri (2:30-3:15am) HeartStart YMCA gym based 2xdays Tues/Thurs

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week program. Choice of 1 or 2 sessions per week with multiple session time options Monday - Friday 8:00am - 11am. Home program prescription also an option for patients in outlying areas or unable to attend sessions.

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Wellness Series program provided for patient education including healthy eating sessions, exercise programs, stress management education.

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Acute coronary syndrome: acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) & stable or unstable angina (chest pain)
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) - Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, peripheral vascular disease
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination