About This Course:
This course discusses several aspects of living well with heart failure. The
areas that will be covered in this course are:
~What is Heart Failure?
~How Does the Heart Work?
~How the Heart Works
~How the Heart Works with Heart Failure
~Three Types of Heart Failure
~Right Sided Heart Failure
~Left Sided Heart Failure
~What are the Symptoms of Heart Failure?
~Symptoms of Heart Failure
~Causes of Heart Failure
~Tests for Heart Failure
~Management of Heart Failure
~Self Care Advice
~Call 911
~Eat a Low Sodium Diet
~Stop Smoking
~Medications for Heart Failure
~Check Your Weight
~Exercise
~Problems During Exercise
~Symptoms of a Heart Attack
~Manage Your Stress
~Take Care of Yourself
~Be An Active Part of Treatment
Objectives:
After completing this course, learners will successfully be able to:
1. define heart failure.
2. name possible causes of heart failure.
3. list examples of self care to manage heart failure.
There are several informative websites that you might find to be useful resources on living well with heart failure. These links can be found by clicking on the "External Links" button located on the left side button bar.