Cardiac RehabilitationÌý
°Õ³ó¾±²õÌýleaflet introduces the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department and explains the service we provide.
This is designed to provide you with basic information on cardiac medications.ÌýIt includes important information about what you should know regarding taking these medications. It also includes some information about specific medications for example: Aspirin, Statins and Beta-blockers.ÌýPlease view the presentation as part of the education programme for cardiac rehab. You can find further information on cardiac medication via this .Ìý
Psychological Effects of a Cardiac Event
This booklet is designed to help you understand feelings and sensations that occur in your body after a cardiac event.Ìý It will also help improve your wellbeing and psychological recovery.Ìý
Hearts & MindsÌý
is a presentation on the psychological effects and emotional impact that can occur when someone has a cardiac event.Ìý It helps patients to understand their reactions, gain back confidence and integrate the meaning of this event in their lives.Ìý Experiences garnered from previous patients are shared as a way of normalising reactions and providing a way through the experience of something like this happening, usually unexpectedly, to a person.ÌýÌý
Irish Heart FoundationÌý
The Irish Heart Foundation provides a lot of support for people following a cardiac event. You can find further information on cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular health via this .Ìý
Homebased Exercise Programme
This was designed by the physiotherapy team in TUH and is suitable for home use following your discharge from hospital.Ìý
Risk Factors
There are a number of risk factors that can lead to heart disease or stroke, the good news is that many of these factors can be changed by changing your lifestyle, taking exercise, looking at your diet. However there are things none of us can control such as your age or family history. Below are links to a number of videos that focus on the things that you can change, they are short videos and would be helpful for you to watch and learn more about cardiovascular disease and what you can do about it.Ìý
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