Heart Surgery: A Home Guide to Recovery

Summary

This interactive home video program gives patients the information they need to take an active role in recovering from heart surgery. It reviews the preparation for surgery and early recovery in the hospital and provides patients and family members with the guidelines for home recovering at home. Actual heart patients share their own invaluable experiences throughout the presentation. Give this DVD to all your heart surgery patients and get them on the road to recovery and a heart healthy life.

The DVD is divided into sections with a series of short videos in each section. Viewers select each topic through the menu. Each video segment averages 3 minutes in length.

1. Understanding Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
2. Understanding Heart Valve Surgery
3. Before Your Surgery
4. The Day of Your Surgery
5. Helping Your Loved One

6. Intensive Care
7. Pain Management
8. Moving Along Your Recovery Path
9. Increasing Your Activity in the Hospital
10. Common Emotins during Your Hospital Recovery
11. Breathing Exercises
12. At Discharge

13. Activity Guidelines for the First Few Weeks
14. Setting Up Your Basic Routine
15. Taking Care of Your Incisions
16. Medication Guidelines
17. When to Call Your Healthcare Team
18. Your Recovery: Weeks 3-6
19. Emotions and Relationships
20. Reducing Your Heart Disease Risk Factors