Country Health Connect
276 Wehl Street North Mount Gambier, SA 5290
887211460

Service Overview

We provide Cardiac Rehabilitation Services both in a group setting and 1:1 appointments. Our groups bring together a multi-disciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Cardiac Rehab Nurse, Occupational Therapists, Dieticians, Pharmacists and Social Workers.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Monday to Friday. Education to all STEMI, NSTEMI, PCI, High Risk Factors and patients referred for cardiac surgery. Access to multidisciplinary allied health teams.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

7 session program. Thursdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm. Education in a relaxed setting from 1.00pm - 2.00pm and Exercise in our Physiotherapy Gym from 2.00pm - 3.00pm.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Exercise Maintenance Groups for clients who have completed Cardiac Rehabilitation Group. Tuesdays 2.00pm - 3.00pm. Contact Jared in Physiotherapy department on 87211460 for individual costing considerations.

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Heart failure patients receive education on the benefits of exercise, managing of their condition (diet, sodium restrictions, fluid management, action plans) and access to a staged exercise rehabilitation program.

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