Living With Heart Failure A Patient Teaching Guide

It is the most common diagnosis that brings a patient to a hospital for admission.

Living with heart failure a patient teaching guide.

What is heart failure. Many new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year. Please watch our heart failure class to learn important information. Heart failure occurs when the heart is not working as well as it should.

The heart is a pump. Written by heart failure experts at cleveland clinic. It affects 5 million americans with 550 000 new cases diagnosed each year. What is heart failure heart failure hf is sometimes called congestive heart failure chf.

Patient tip sheets. To manage your heart failure you need to take certain steps every day to be healthy at home. Despite how scary it sounds heart failure does not mean that your heart will suddenly. Although some cases of heart failure cannot be cured heart failure can be managed through diet exercise and medicine.

Knowledge and increased awareness are key to improved management of heart failure. It is meant to be used as a guide. The guide includes important information about heart failure including treatment nutrition activity when to call your doctor and living with heart failure. Heart failure means your heart does not pump blood as well as it should.

The american association of heart failure nurses aahfn patient education committee s goal is to provide evidence based education and information on heart failure to patients families and healthcare providers. The class has been recorded in whole and in each part for your ease in watching and returning to information you may want to review. This online manual includes information about heart failure and how to manage it.