Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Take your life back!

Shore Memorial's comprehensive cardiac care program includes advanced diagnostic capabilities and treatment options. Services include prevention, rehabilitation, and education for those with coronary disease. Our Emergency Department has the latest in clot-dissolving medications and life-saving treatment for heart attack.

Shore Memorial also offers a non-invasive heart and lung testing center featuring cardiac stress testing, holter monitoring and transeophageal echocardiography.

• The Challenge
• The Solution
• The Conditions
• Exercise Safety Net
• Thinking Healthy
• Back to Normal
• Physician Finder

Vital signs of electronically monitored patients in the program are regularly checked by an exercise physiologist

The Solution
Shore Memorial Hospital’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center goes beyond caring for you when you’re ill. The Center’s highly trained staff gives you control over your health. Bridging the gap between illness and wellness, the program integrates exercise, education, and nutritional and physical counseling. The program’s aim is to stop (or even reverse) the progress of the disease and improve your quality of life, permitting a return to your normal lifestyle as soon as possible.

Conditions
Some cardiac patients have experienced conditions like angina or heart attack, or have undergone serious interventions including bypass surgery and angioplasty. Pulmonary patients suffer from similarly acute or chronic conditions, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and pulmonary and cystic fibrosis. Because these conditions are so serious, you may not feel safe exercising on your own (This is not irrational – physicians routinely advise against exercise due to the risk of reoccurrence). Fortunately, the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center provides a safe environment where you can begin to exert yourself physically again.

Exercise Safety Net
At the start of the program, you’ll be given an evaluation (including a stress test, if you’re a cardiac patient). The Center’s staff then designs a customized workout program that will challenge you without overwhelming you. As you exercise in the comfort of the Center’s modern facility, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing that you are being electronically monitored for any sign of irregularity in oxygen level, heart rhythm, blood pressure or other vital functions. Medical treatment is seconds away for patients who may overexert themselves. A staff of exercise physiologists and specialists not only supervises your workouts, but provides positive reinforcement as well.

Thinking Healthy
Aside from the physical elements of the program, emphasis is also placed on the nutritional and psychological components of rehabilitation. Your mental outlook may have suffered as a result of trauma. Our counseling sessions will help restore your confidence and overcome your fear of further illness. You’ll be given nutritional guidance, too – tips on how to reduce your fat intake and cut down on calories.

Call 609-653-4677 for further information about Shore Memorial Hospital’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center or to schedule a tour of our facility.

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