Mackay Hospital and Health Service
475 Bridge Road West Mackay, QLD 4740
748855572

Service Overview

Inpatient and Outpatient services offered Weekly exercise and education program for eligible clients pending initial assessment Flexible delivery options available Dedicated Cardiac Clinical Nurse and Physiotherapist for cardiac rehab program Heart Failure Support Service also offered - HF CNC

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Monday to Friday. Inpatient education to all cardiac admissions. Access to multidisciplinary teams based on referral

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 week exercise and education program. Tuesday 0900-1000 and 1130-1230. Education session at 1015-1115. Heart Failure exercise group 1015-1115

Maintenance (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, medication management) based on referral to the Heart Failure Nurse. Also have access to an appropriate exercise program.

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
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination