What to do next:
- Follow the advice from the Hospital Nursing staff re: driving and wound/access site management.
- If you have any concerns or issues, call our office on 07 5414 1100
- Visit: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au
- Healthy eating: advice on a “heart healthy diet”, with recipes.
- Healthy living/exercise: advice on keeping active and who to exercise.
- “After my heart attack”: advice and information on what to do next.
- Enroll in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program:
- Programs on the Sunshine Coast are located at:
- Buderim Private Hospital, Buderim
- Selangor Hospital, Nambour
- Noosa Private Hospital
- Eden Rehab Hospital.
- Programs on the Sunshine Coast are located at:
- Medicines: make sure you are compliant with (don’t miss) any medicines you have been prescribed.
- Blood thinners (such as aspirin plus clopidogrel/ticagrelor): these medicines stop clots and reduce heart attacks.
- “Statins”: reduce inflammation and cholesterol in your heart arteries and have been proven to reduce the chance of another cardiac event.
- Treat high blood pressure and diabetes if present.
- Follow up with your GP and SC Heart Specialist.
- Follow up with your GP within a week from your procedure.
- An appointment is usually scheduled with your specialist 4-6 weeks post procedure.
- Follow up with SCHS Practice Nurse.
- Please call to make an appointment in the SCHS Practice Nurse’s weekly clinic if you have any post procedure concerns.
- Chest pain action plan: follow your heart specialists advice
- Urgent Concerns:
- Chest pain: if it is an emergency, call 000. Follow your chest pain action plan.
- Our SCHS Interventional Cardiologists provide a 24/7 365 acute heart attack service.
- Direct admissions to The Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital (SCUPH) or Buderim Private Hospital (BPH).
After hours: contact the hospital directly: request admission as a priority SCHS patient.