Understanding your diagnosis and medication
Understanding your health condition and learning strategies to better manage and improve your health is essential to your health and wellbeing.
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Cardiac Rehab and Self-Management
Presenter: Donna Martin CN CCDT
Description: This presentation covers topics such as cardiac rehabilitation, understanding your diagnosis, warning signs, risk factors, when to see you doctors, resources and support.
Medication Management for Cardiac Health
Presenter: Elita Chan Senior Pharmacist CCDT
Description: This presentation covers topics such as cardiac conditions, risk factors, medications, generic vs brand, storage of medications, home medication reviews and dose administration devices.
Step 1: Know your diagnosis
This video explains some common heart procedures and provides questions to ask your doctor to ensure you understand what has happened to your heart.
Step 4: Taking your medicines
This video explains some common medicines and provides questions that you can ask your health professional to ensure you understand what you are taking.
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Open: Monday-Friday, 8.00am-4.30pm
North Lakes and Caboolture
Phone: (07) 3049 1291
Chermside and Nundah
Phone: (07) 3139 4139
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Phone: (07) 3646 6465
Chermside Heart Failure Rehabilitation
Phone: (07) 3139 5644
Need help outside hours?
For non-urgent medical issues call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) or visit your GP.
In an emergency call 000.