Heart Failure – Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehab
This course equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge to manage heart failure through multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation. It covers assessment, safe exercise prescription, team-based care, and strategies to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
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Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Explain the pathophysiology, causes, and clinical presentation of chronic heart failure.
- Identify appropriate diagnostic methods and classify heart failure using functional assessment tools such as NYHA classification.
- Describe the role and benefits of cardiac rehabilitation in managing heart failure.
- Recognise the roles and responsibilities of a multidisciplinary team in delivering cardiac rehabilitation.
- Determine appropriate patient selection criteria and identify contraindications for cardiac rehabilitation.
- Apply safe and effective exercise prescription principles for individuals with heart failure.
- Monitor patient responses to exercise and recognise signs requiring modification or cessation of activity.
- Support patients in improving functional capacity, self-management, and long-term quality of life.
Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Explain the pathophysiology, causes, and clinical presentation of chronic heart failure.
- Identify appropriate diagnostic methods and classify heart failure using functional assessment tools such as NYHA classification.
- Describe the role and benefits of cardiac rehabilitation in managing heart failure.
- Recognise the roles and responsibilities of a multidisciplinary team in delivering cardiac rehabilitation.
- Determine appropriate patient selection criteria and identify contraindications for cardiac rehabilitation.
- Apply safe and effective exercise prescription principles for individuals with heart failure.
- Monitor patient responses to exercise and recognise signs requiring modification or cessation of activity.
- Support patients in improving functional capacity, self-management, and long-term quality of life.
Modules
Module 1
Understanding Chronic Heart Failure
Module 2
Diagnosis, Functional Classification and Patient Assessment
Module 3
Principles of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure
Module 4
The Multi-Disciplinary Cardiac Rehab Team
Module 5
Patient Selection, Safety and Contraindications
Module 6
Exercise Prescription and Monitoring in Heart Failure
Module 7
Supporting Long-Term Function, Quality of Life and Self-Management
Module 8
Summary
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Frequently Asked Questions
Stable heart failure patients on optimised treatment benefit most from cardiac rehabilitation to improve function and reduce hospitalisations.
Yes, for stable patients under supervision. Exercise improves symptoms and quality of life when prescribed appropriately.
It classifies heart failure severity based on symptoms and physical activity limitations, guiding treatment and rehab planning.
Chest pain, severe breathlessness, dizziness, or palpitations require immediate cessation and medical review.