DISCHARGE

TEACHING
Teach patient to adhere
to medical regimen
WHEN TO CALL
A PROFESSIONAL?
CARDIAC
REHABILITATION
CORE ELEMENT: ______________
PHASE I: ACUTE PHASE
PHASE II: SUBACUTE PHASE
T
H
The Borg Scale
E
6 No exertion at all Sitting down

B 7 Extremely light / easy Very little / no effort involved

O (Can keep going ‘all day’)
R 8
G
9 Very light / easy Little effort involved
(Can keep going for a very long time)
S 10
C
A 11 Fairly light / easy Starting to put some effort into it
L (Can keep going for quite a long time)
E 12
T
13 Somewhat hard Need to put effort into
H
maintaining the speed
E (Can still keep going for a good period of time)
14
B
O 15 Hard work Really pushing yourself to keep going
R (Can only keep going for a short time)
16
G
17 Very hard work Pushing yourself very hard to keep going
S (Can only keep going for a very short time)
C 18
A
L 19 Extremely hard work Pushing yourself extremely hard
E
20 Maximal exertion
PHASE III: INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT
CARDIAC REHAB

PHASE IV: INDEPENDENT

ONGOING CONDITIONING