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1
Q

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

A

Process by which patients with cardiac disease, in partnership with a multidisciplinary team, are encouraged and supported to maintain optimal physical and psychological health

2
Q

What benefit does cardiac rehabilitation have?

A

intervention for secondary prevention

  • reduce cardiac deaths
  • reducing risk factors
  • enhances psychological factors
3
Q

What patients are included ?

A
  • MI
  • coronary artery bypass graft
  • angioplasty
  • stable angina
  • valve repair
  • congenital repairs
  • transplant
  • heart failure
  • arrythmias
4
Q

What are the physiological benefits?

A
  • improved cardiovascular efficiency
  • reduced atherogenic and thrombotic risk factors
  • improved coronary blood flow,reduced severity of atherosclerosis and myocardial ischaemia
5
Q

What are the psychological benefits?

A
  • reduced anxiety and depression
  • enhances mood and self-efficacy
  • resumption of chores, sexual activity
  • return to work
  • increased social interaction
6
Q

What are patients barriers to exercise?

A
  • bad weather
  • too tired
  • cant afford it
  • dont know how
  • fear
  • not in the mood
  • no time to do it
7
Q

What is the method to overcome barriers to cardiac rehabilitation?

A

set goals

8
Q

How should the patient set goals?

A

SMART

  • specific
  • measurable
  • achievable
  • realistic
  • time specific
9
Q

Outline the difference between activity and exercise.

A

activity- sporadic in nature and inconsistent in intensity

exercise- purposeful and sustained

10
Q

What is the purpose of a warm up? what should its duration be?

A
  • 15 minutes

- prepare the muscular, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular systems for the main work out

11
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What is the conditioning phase? How long is it?

A
  • 20 minutes

- designed to produce a training effect. circuit based

12
Q

What does the FITT principle of exercise stand for?

A
  • frequency
  • intensity
  • time
  • type
13
Q

How long should a cool down last? What is the point?

A
  • 10 minutes

- pulse lowering exercises, aim to lower the pulse and blood pressure gradually

14
Q

What is the BORG scale?

A
  • scale ranging from 6-20
  • takes into account your fitness level
  • matches ow you feel you are working wit numbers

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