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Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Fort Worth Carter Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
CARTER CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION CENTER
Cardiac rehab sessions ( FY20 ):
> 4,000
Cardiac rehab patients ( FY20 ):
169
Average age - cardiac rehab ( FY20 ):
66
Cardiac rehab patients by gender :
Women :
35 % Men : 65 %
Pulmonary rehab patients ( FY20 ):
70
Average age - pulmonary rehab ( FY20 ):
68
Pulmonary rehab patients by gender :
Women : 48 %
Men : 52 %
Residents of Tarrant and surrounding counties needing cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation turn to the experts at the Carter Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center , located in the Carter Fitness Center on the campus of Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth , for individual care planning and therapy .
As an extension of Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Fort Worth , a multidisciplinary team of health professionals – physicians , exercise physiologists , respiratory therapists , nurses , and registered dietitians – assess each patient ’ s health status and creates a care plan designed to return the patient to his or her highest level of functioning possible . The care plan incorporates the patient ’ s ability and activity level plus any specific strengthening activity in which the patient has a special interest , such as boxing or martial arts .
Many patients return to work after their cardiac or pulmonary episode . If their job requires physical work , exercise physiologists integrate their simulated work activities into their overall rehabilitation plan of care . By tailoring care to the individual patient ’ s needs , many are able to return to work earlier than if he or she had not participated in rehab . In addition , many rehabilitation patients are able to resume a more active lifestyle .
Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation care plans generally span six to 12 weeks with patients attending three sessions per week . In fiscal year 2020 , the program had two medical directors that oversaw all rehab patients ’ care — Sam Nassar , DO , FACC , FACOI , July 1 , 2019 , through January 2020 , and Steve Simpson , MD , February 2020 to the present .
Keep Your Move In The Tube ® debuts at Carter Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
Thanks to the pioneering work of its sister rehab program – Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas ’ Walter I . Berman Cardiovascular Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center , the Carter Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center introduced Keep Your Move In The Tube ® for sternotomy patients . The innovative approach to rehab for these patients who have their sternum opened during heart surgery applies standard kinesiology principles that teach patients how to perform load-bearing movements in a way that avoids excessive stress to the sternum . The approach is based on ergonomics that shorten the length of the outstretched arm , enabling patients to perform previously contraindicated movements . Patients are allowed to resume their normal load-bearing activities at their own pace , within pain-free limits , as long as they stay “ in the tube .”
Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth nursing leaders , staff nurses , physical therapists and the Carter Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Center collaborated to rollout Keep Your Move In The Tube ® during fiscal year 2020 . The program enables sternotomy patients to regain their strength faster , often eliminating the costly and time-consuming step of going to skilled nursing , as well as often providing patients with the opportunity to immediately begin cardiac rehabilitation .