When you leave the hospital after a heart attack it's important that you follow-up with your doctor and the rest of your healthcare team. Making the most of that visit is an important part of making sure that you stay on the road to recovery.
Being discharged from the hospital after having a heart attack is a great step in your recovery. This program will help you to understand what the next steps are and by following your discharge instructions you are doing all you can to help heal.
Watch this video to learn how aspirin works to help prevent a heart attack or stroke.
Learn why you should chew an aspirin if you think you are having a heart attack.
Learn the importance of taking immediate action if you or someone else is showing the symptoms of a heart attack.
Watch how to properly use nitroglycerin, in the event that you experience heart attack symptoms.
Watch this video to learn the importance of taking an antiplatelet medicine or a daily aspirin after a heart attack, and know when to seek care.
Find out how statin medications help you to treat your heart disease and lessen your risk of having another heart attack.
After a heart attack, it is normal to worry about doing too much physical activity. Learn how to safely get physical activity in your daily life as you continue to recover.
Watch this video to understand how beta-blocker medicine helps the heart heal after a heart attack.
Find out which food choices are the best for heart health, and why making just a few changes in what and how much you eat can help you heal.
Understand the mix of emotions that are common after having a heart attack, learn healthful coping strategies and find out who you can turn to for emotional support.
When you have heart disease, you may experience a symptom called angina. This program helps you learn how to recognize angina, take steps to prevent angina, and treat it if you experience it.
Learn how one person's life changed after a heart attack.
No one wants to have to go back to the hospital after discharge. "Avoiding Hospital Readmissions: Heart Attack" explains the patient's role in preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions. This program includes critical information on how to better understand discharge instructions and continued recovery at home. Patients can review a discharge checklist that explains what they need to know before they go home.
It's important for a hospital patient to be active in his own healthcare. As a hospital patient make sure that you are prepared before you go home. In Part 2, review the checklist that will make doing that easier.
It's a relief to leave the hospital, but a patient should also plan carefully for the return home. Make sure all the bases are covered including who to call if there is a problem. Part 3 provides tips to make the return home easier.
Recovery really begins when a patient gets home. Often diet, exercise and new medications are part of the equation. In Part 4, find out what steps you can take to recover faster.
Too much stress can increase your risk of a heart attack. Learn how to recognize when you're under chronic, dangerous stress and what steps you can take to reduce the amount of stress in your daily life.
In this video learn how Dale's life was impacted by her heart attack, and how she recovered from it.
Learn how having a heart attack changed Paul Lee's life.
A heart attack occurs when a vessel that sends blood to your heart suddenly becomes blocked. Follow these guidelines for home care and lifestyle changes.
Learn to take care of yourself after a heart attack.
Watch this video to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.
Watch this to learn what happens in the body during a heart attack, and the signs and symptoms to look for.
Watch this to learn the most common symptoms of a heart attack for both men and women so you can quickly get help.
Know the common emergency tests and treatments conducted on patients arriving to the hospital with heart attack symptoms.
If you've had a heart attack, you are at risk for having another. Know the signs.
Your heart is responsible for pumping a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood to your organs and tissues. A heart attack occurs when the blood flow to your heart muscle is disrupted or stopped, usually because of heart disease.
Watch this video to understand what causes a heart attack.
A heart attack happens when the blood supply is cut off from the heart muscle, usually because of a blood clot. Without blood and oxygen, the muscle cells are damaged and die.
After a heart attack, it's very important to understand your risk factors. This program helps you identify cardiac risk factors you can change and take steps toward lowering your risk of another heart attack.
Watch this video to learn about heart attacks and strokes in women, what raises your risk, and things you can do to help prevent a heart attack or stroke.
