Gippsland Southern Health Service - Cardiac Rehabilitation
Bridge Street Korumburra, VIC 3950
356542718

Service Overview

Gippsland Southern Health Service offers a Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Program which runs weekly for 6 weeks. The program is run from the Korumburra Hospital on a Tuesday afternoon from 1 - 3.30pm. A medical referral/summary is required before enrolment into the program.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

6 Session program. Tuesday 1-3.30pm at the Korumburra Hospital

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 access to a staged exercise rehabilitation program. Heart Failure patients are included in our general Cardiac Rehabilitation program.

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)
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation