Cardiac Rehabilitation Course

Heart is one of the most significant parts of the human body. There are 4 chambers in the human heart: right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle. Along with these, Cardiac Valves, Pulmonary veins and Pulmonary Artery constitutes the human heart. When there is a problem in the working of any one of these parts, the result is a heart attack. When a person suffers from a cardiac arrest, he needs to get medical help as soon as possible. After the initial critical phase of heart attack is over, i.e. when he is said to be "out of danger"; the patient must be treated in order to bring him back to normal. There is a special scientifically developed procedure for doing this task. This procedure is known as cardiac rehabilitation course.

The course is available in the cardiac rehabilitation section of many hospitals and in special cardiac rehabilitation centers. The course is generally of 4 phases namely Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4. There are many professionals associated with the cardiac rehabilitation course such as Cardiac Specialist Surgeons, Cardiac Specialist Physicians, Cardiac Nurses, Helpers, Social Workers, Dieticians, Psychologists and last but not the least, Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Expert. All these medical, paramedical and non medical professionals work towards making the patient's heart ready to take the mental and physical stress by getting back its normal strength. The rehabilitation procedure is generally of 12-13 weeks. In some critical cases, this time may exceed to 16 weeks. The course fee is quite high as it is a special rehab course. However, most of the insurance policies cover this rehab course. If a person does not have a health insurance, he can approach some NGO with a sponsorship plea. There are many NGOs who support this rehab procedure. Social workers help you to approach these NGOs.

In Phase 1, the patient is helped by a psychiatrist to make him feel better and to raise his confidence level. A rehab expert then explains the overall structure of rehab program to the patient and his family. Meanwhile the physician constantly has a close eye on the cardiac reports of the patient and based on that he decides the line of cardiac treatment. He also specifies which day is suitable for the patient to start the rehab process. The dietician proposes a perfect diet plan for the patient. In the phase 2, exercise expert guides the patient with preferred cardiac exercises and also helps to do them. He will increase the stress in the exercise step by step and hence increases the pumping ability of the heart gradually.

In the phase 3, though the stress in the exercise is further increased, the medicine dosages and the diet restrictions are lowered. After completing the phase 3, the full body checkup is done. If the results show positive trend then the patient is advised to return to his normal life. The Phase 4 of the rehab is a continuous process i.e. there are some bunch of regulations which the patient has to follow throughout his life in order to avoid any further complication. The above information may answer your question as to what cardic rehab is.

Though the cardiac rehabilitation course is a complex and time consuming process, it assures the recovery of the heart patient.