cardiac and pulmonary Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac health and rehabilitation is a comprehensive system of services, which includes the element of exercise coupled with education, counseling and behavior change interventions.  Services are provided to individuals with known cardiovascular disease and their families.  The purpose is to limit and reduce the physiological and psychological effects of cardiovascular disease.  The scope of participant eligibility continues to expand both in the direction of secondary prevention (those at high risk for future and subsequent events) and tertiary prevention (those with known disease including infarct, post surgical, post procedure, transplant, heart failure and others).  The primary goal is to equip the participant and their family with the necessary tools to assist them in making informed health care and lifestyle decisions.  It is also the goal of cardiac health and rehabilitation to enable the participant to archive their personal level of optimal physical, physiological, vocational, spiritual and social health.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary program of care for patients with chronic respiratory impairment that is individually tailored and designed to optimize physical and social performance and autonomy.  Pulmonary Rehabilitation is used by patients struggling with obstructive and restrictive pulmonary diseases such as: COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis obliterans, interstitial diseases, chest wall diseases, and neuromuscular diseases.  Other conditions such as: lung cancer, before and after lung transplantation, post-thoracic surgery, ventilator dependency, and sleep apnea are all qualifying diagnoses for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

For more information, contact Sarah Seward at 765.331.5091

Blackford Community Hospital

410 Pilgrim Blvd.

Hartford City, IN 47348

Phone: (765) 331-5091

Fax: (765) 348-0574