Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital
Service Overview
Flexible Model of care centred/home/phone
8 week rolling program,
Wednesdays 10am - 12.30pm. education and exercise sessions
Mondays 10am to 1100am exercise sessions,
Comments:multidisciplinary involvement, individual assessment with cardiac rehab nurse and exercise physiologist weekly. Carers and significant others encouraged to attend.
Patient Eligibility Criteria - ACS, angioplasty, stenting, bypass, valve surgery, heart failure
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?
Wednesdays 10am - 12.30pm. education and exercise sessions
Mondays 10am to 1100am exercise sessions,
Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?
Thursday 1200- 115pm school terms only
Patients must have completed the Outpatient program (offered for up to six months)
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
Procedures