I attended an adult cardiac rehabilitation clinic. This took place in the therapy gym. We started off the morning with the team explaining how to the clinic starts and this clinic would have two classes. I got offered the opportunity to join in. The patients get monitored at the start with the blood pressure being taken and continuing monitoring of oxygen saturation. This is to monitor with beta blockers due to patients having heart attacks, being in heart failure, having a shunt or heart surgery. This is to get the patient stronger, reduce the risk of future heart problems, encouraging the patients to get 150 minutes of exercise in a week. Also this can prevent the heart from worsening and improve quality of life.

This starts with a warm up, The circuit had different stations with different levels of exercise and it was really hard! I was so hot and tired after. Then after they cool the body down and take time to do some relaxation which I thought was a nice idea. The next class started but the difference between patients could be seen these patients needed to go at a slower pace and had reduced mobility. After the class we had a discussion and I had the chance to ask any questions. I thoroughly enjoyed this with the adults.