This webinar will review commonly used exercise prescription methods in cardiac rehabilitation programs across the United States including, Target Heart Rate Ranges developed from a maximal, or near maximal test, ranges calculated using a prediction equation, resting heart rate plus a fixed range, rating of perceived exertion, and the “talk test.”

This webinar will explore cultural and language considerations in cardiac and pulmonary rehab delivery across North America.

This talk will address some of the more common nutrition issues associated with aging and cardiovascular disease and disease interventions.

This webinar, incorporating mental performance strategies related to mental and emotional flexibility, will complement already existing psychosocial support and may allow members of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation care teams to enhance the care they are providing patients while lessening the toll it takes on themselves.

This webinar will provide an up-to-date overview of what the scientific community knows about the effects of psychological distress and well-being on cardiovascular health risk and promotion. Factors that may underlie this association for cardiac patients and strategies for increasing mental health awareness, help-seeking behaviors, and access to care for patients will be discussed.

This webcast will review medication changes and updates for the past year, including new indications for old medications, Reviews will include updates in GOLD and GINA guideline changes in management, and new biologic medications. Diseases will include COPD, asthma, ILD, and CF.

Content for this webcast will provide an overview of current literature related to creative arts therapies in adult healthcare setting. Discussion will focus on three primary areas where an arts therapies approach can support the well-being of individuals throughout the rehabilitation process, including stress management, grief processing, and community building.

This presentation gives a basic overview of PAD with claudication, reviews the prevalence of PAD as well who is at increased risk. We will discuss how supervised exercise is an effective and value-based treatment for PAD and how this program can be started at a low cost within an existing cardiac rehabilitation program.

In this session strategies will be presented on how small changes over time will lead to great success. We discuss the method of communicating changing from talking in absolutes to a most-of-the-time conversation to help improve adherence among our patient population.

This motivational/inspirational presentation will provide the attendee with a compendium of foundational and critical behavioral skills that can empower professional success, including: look for the good in people and situations; how to activate the law of attraction; establish goals in writing; take action (#1 success characteristic); know that persistence pays; ask for things you want; enhance your speaking, writing and interviewing skills; why its important to work with and learn from people you want to emulate; the essence of superb people skills; and to regularly apply the law of sow and reap.