Cardiac Education Resources

Here are a few videos, but not on AMI:

Electrophysiology
Interventional Cardiology

Here are some patient guides from University of Ottawa Heart Institute:

• Cardiology Discharge Booklet
• Heart Failure Patient Information Booklet
• Heart Transplant Discharge Sheet
• Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE)
• Cardiac Catheterization

UOHI HHEC PATIENT GUIDE

Target Heart Rate Calculator- An excellent patient teaching tool from HealthyOntario.Com

Pamphlets available on:

Vascular Testing and You
Abdominal Vascular Arterial Disease
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Cerebrovascular Disease
Venous Disease

These five pocket-size booklets describe, in terms your patient can understand, the nature, significance, and diagnosis of vascular disease, the value of noninvasive examinations, and what is involved in a vascular exam. Sample copies are available for download.

SVU Publications: Patient Education Pamphlets

Heart Center Online

Excellent source of patient-teaching educational materials on a rich variety of cardiovascular subjects: articles, videos, animations, illustrations. Requires registration, but registration is free.

Heart-Health Educator

FREE online courses. The Heart-Health Educator courses will help you gain control of your health. Each course is divided into short, easy-to-absorb lessons, and each lesson is followed by a brief quiz to test your knowledge.

View the video and/or illustration to help visualize how the condition occurs. After completing the course, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the topic.

Excellent patient teaching resources!

MedlinePlus: Arrhythmia

The Heart Information Center from Texas Heart Institute

Chock full of EXCELLENT patient teaching materials:

Welcome to the Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center

3D MEDICAL ANIMATIONS

The world´s largest library of 3D medical animations developed and copyrighted by Blausen Medical Communications. The Human Atlas features rotating model, labeled slides, and printable text in addition to animated videos.

http://www.mercksource.com/ppdocs/us.../clientNF.html

Simply click on drop-down box to the far right (under Human Atlas)

Cardiac topics include:

Abdominal Aneurysm
Angiogram
Angioplasty
Atrial fibrillation
Blood pressure
Congenital Heat Disease
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart Bypass Surgery
Heart-Lung Machine
How the Heart Works
How the Valves Work
Hyperlipidemia
Ventricular Tachycardia

this is really helpful..thanks so much