In-Home Patient Videos
Living with Heart Failure:
A Home Video Guide
| Catalog #: | HV-39 |
|---|---|
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Duration: | 1:00:03 |
| Format(s): |  |
| Language(s): | English |
Summary
This DVD gives your patients a home reference covering all the information they need for daily heart failure self-management. It teaches viewers about what happens in the body when you have heart failure, how to use medications, the importance of limiting sodium and fluid, quitting smoking, and dealing with the emotional impact. The video explains that by following the management plan patients can maximize their health to stay out of the hospital. The program features actual patients sharing their experiences in self-management and their ways of coping with heart failure.
An accompanying pamphlet provides a written review of the questions and wrap-up activities at the end of each chapter.
Chapters include:
- What is Heart Failure
- Following Your Management Plan
- Your Medications
- Limiting Sodium and Other Keys to Healthy Eating
- Staying Active
- Avoiding Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
- Monitoring Your Health
- Coping with Heart Failure
“Putting real patients in the video is huge. Being able to see someone else who has gone through what they are going through is very beneficial.”
Nancy Mannion, RN
Team Leader Preventative Cardiology
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore, MD