Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Fisioterapia

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Theory topic I. Introduction to cardiac rehabilitation.	I.1. Conceptual framework. Cardiac rehabilitation concept. Indications and applications of cardiac rehabilitation. Contraindications.
II. Cardiovascular system.	II.1. Cardiovascular structure and function II.2. cardiovascular pathophysiology.
III. Treatments in cardiac pathology	III.1. Medical-surgical treatments. III.2. Pharmacological treatments. III.3. Physiotherapy in the preoperative and postoperative period.
IV. Physical recognition oriented to therapeutic exercise programs for their prescription and follow-up.	IV. Cardiac exploration protocols and interpretation of tests for the design of therapeutic exercise programs.
V. Rehabilitation programs in cardiac pathology.	V.1. Cardiac rehabilitation programs in phase I in different population groups and pathologies. V.2. Cardiac rehabilitation and prevention programs in phase II in different population groups and pathologies. V.3. Rehabilitation programs in phase III in different groups population and pathologies.
VI. Prevention programs of Heart disease	VI.1. Strategies for the prevention of cardiac pathologies.
Practical topic I. Exploration protocols.	I.1. Performing cardiac examination tests. I.2. Interpretation of cardiac examination tests.
II. Cardiac rehabilitation programs.	II.1. Design of cardiac rehabilitation programs according to the cardiac exploration.
III. Action in emergencies and cardiovascular emergencies.	III.1. Actions in emergency/urgency situations at the cardiovascular level. III.2. Action in case of cardiorespiratory arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol.