Gladstone Community Health Cardiac Rehabilitation
Flinders Street West Gladstone, QLD 4680
749763149

Service Overview

CR Phase 2, run by Clinical Nurse and Endorsed Exercise Physiologist. Heart Failure clinic run by Clinical Nurse and Endorsed Exercise Physiologist. (No cardiologist or medical governance).

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

10 gym session program on Tuesday and Thursday's, Group 1, 09:00 - 10:00. Group 2, 11:00 - 12:00. 5 x Group education classes on Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00.

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) 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 20 x gym exercise classes, on a Tuesday and Thursday group 3, 13:00 - 14:00, group 4, 14:00-15:00.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

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
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation