Are You at Risk?

Are you a high risk candidate for coronary artery disease?  Do you have Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? You may benefit from the individualized treatment that the Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center – Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program offers if your medical history includes:

  • Heart attack
  • Chest pain (angina)
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
  • Angioplasty and stents
  • Heart transplant
  • Heart valve replacements
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Your Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation staff is composed of Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapists and health care  professionals.  They are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and are highly trained in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation.

Contact Kay Peters, RN
phone: 903-870-4402
fax: 903-771-0170
email and efax: wnjrehab@wnj.org

How We Can Help:

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation is an education and exercise program designed to return heart patients and patients with COPD to their optimal activity level. Our Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program helps to meet your special and individual needs. We help you to learn about your heart and lungs, how they work, and the important signs, symptoms, and risk factors of heart and lung disease. Our highly skilled staff of registered nurses and therapists will identify specific exercises, including the appropriate intensity, duration, and pace that is best for your health. We have classes taught by registered clinicians to help you learn more about nutrition and your medications. We also have a physician medical director available to answer questions on various topics such as quality of life and healthy living. The classes will also include topics requested by the patients participating in cardiopulmonary rehab. This team works closely with your physician to ensure the best program for you.

Discover your physical capability and potential. Gain confidence in resuming your favorite activities at a safe rate. In short, you will learn about your physical condition, medication, exercise, diet, and how you and your family can participate in your recovery and future good health.

To enroll, you need a physician referral. An exercise tolerance test will determine your specific training intensity and duration. You will attend our facility three times a week for up to 12 weeks. Your exercises begin moderately and gradually progress to a more vigorous pace that is right for you and ensures your rapid return to good health. Each session lasts about an hour, during which we will monitor your heart rate, rhythm, blood pressure, respirations and the responses to exercise. Your family plays an essential role in your recovery process and they are welcomed and encouraged to attend the classes with you.

Download a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation referral form now.

Cardiac Rehabilitation:

Treatment of heart disease doesn’t end with angiography or surgery. Our cardiac rehabilitation program is designed to help patients continue their recovery. This means not only the weeks afterward but for the rest of their lives.

At our rehab facility, heart patients learn the cardiac exercises that will build heart strength and flexibility with exercise machines such as treadmills, recumbent steppers and old-fashioned standards like weights and calisthenics. Cardiac trained nurses monitor each patient’s heartbeat, blood pressure and other signs while guiding them to maximum effort. Nurses also help patients set up home exercise programs so that heart building can continue outside the hospital.

Besides exercise programs, our dieticians educate patients to make the food changes essential to limiting further heart disease. Heart-healthy diets low in cholesterol are essential to strong hearts and longer life. Pharmacists are also on hand to assist with any medication queries.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation:

Our pulmonary rehabilitation program is designed to help patients with COPD improve their functional level and exercise tolerance. At our rehabilitation facility, pulmonary patients will learn exercises that will build lung function and general flexibility with exercise machines such as treadmills, recumbent steppers and old-fashioned standards like weights and calisthenics. Therapists and nurses monitor each patient’s heart beat, blood pressure, respirations and oxygen saturation and other signs while guiding them to maximum effort. Therapists will also help patients set up home exercise programs so that lung function improvements can continue outside the hospital.

As with our cardiac patients, pulmonary patients will also have access to dieticians who educate patients to make food changes essential to a healthy lifestyle. Pharmacists are also on hand to assist with any medication queries.

Insurance Coverage:

Our Cardiac Rehab and Pulmonary Rehab programs may be paid partially or completely by your private insurance, Medicare/Medicaid or Vocational Rehabilitation. Once a physician referral is received, our reimbursement specialist will contact your
insurance carrier to pre-authorize your therapy and follow-up with you.

Download a CR and PR referral form here.