Proserpine Cardiac Rehabilitation
Taylor Street Proserpine, QLD 4800
07 4813 9958

Service Overview

Cardiac Rehab program running every Wednesday morning from 0930 - 1130, 8 sessions complete the program. Nursing and Allied Health involved - dietitian, physiotherapy, occ. therapy, social worker, pharmacy, Community Health Nurse, Cardiac CNC

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?

8 session program. Wednesday morning 0930 -1130

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Friday morning 0930 - 1030 Patients must have completed the Outpatient program

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Titration Clinic is run Monday and Thursday morning 0900 - 1100 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