Is there a Hospital that specializes in treating Heart Failure? If not, what r the best hospitals for H Fail?
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Heart failure is a common problem and any competent physician (especially a cardiologist) can deal with it.  It is a chronic problem that will require much medication optimization over the years and thus having someone local to care for her is probably better than trying to travel very far for an opinion. All of these big hospitals function as consultative centers anyway...they will expect you to have a doctor at home to follow their recommendations and again, the heart failure management goes way beyond one visit recommendation.  If you do take her places, obviously the Mayo Clinic is one of the best.
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What is SLC?  Do you mean Salt Lake City?  I heard they have a good medical hospital there.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital is the best in the US Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in NYC is touted as the best cardiac hospital.
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I don't need to tell you that his symptoms and his family history means that a heart attack MUST be ruled out. I guarentee that if he goes to a hospital they will take him as serious as a train wreck. You need to push, drag, or get his buddies to carry him to the ER. If he has had a heart attack, he may live through it but maybe not the next one, I can't tell you enough how I would like to drag him myself to the hospital. He needs help now!!
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Grady Hospital in Atlanta accepts indigent patients. You need to go to the emergency room for a chest x-ray. Also, call DFACS in your county to ask for help. Even though you might not be elderly, you are sick and in need of medical attention. If it were me, I'd head to Grady right now, as you probably have a case of pneumonia or some other major ailment that could get worse. They can also advise you as to where to go for follow-up.
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I agree with the other writer.  Most larger cities have the best cardiothoracic surgeons, especially on the pediatric level.  You should first start by looking at what type of condition the patient has and then looking for surgeons that are well known for fixing that problem.  Some surgeons have seen the rare afflictions more than others and depending on what the condition is, you might only have a few surgeons in your state that can do that type of surgery.  I live in Tennessee and work in the cardiology field at one of the hospitals there, and we send all of our serious pediatric cardiology patients to Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN.  Others are Duke in North Carolina, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Memphis.  This may not be in your area, but these are just a few in the South that I would recommend starting with.  If you have any more questions, just post them
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check the american heart assoc website and the rescue breather website....\n\nyou can also call your local red cross\n\nas long as you dont nee professional certification (healthcare provider) you can also check with your local fire department and hospital  they will often offer free classes
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A county hospital is your best bet. We med students and internists and residents are always available to help. There is this thing called ATP where you pay 80 dollars and everything else is paid for (i.e. lab work, diagnostic imaging, etc).
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Where in the world are you living?\nThe Royal Brompton Hospital in London is good, as well as Cleveland Clinic in OH, USA.
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Hospitals CANNOT refuse you treatment in the case of an emergency. They will treat you and send you a bill (probably be in the mail before you get home...ha ha). They do have financial programs which can cut the bill in half or totally erase it depending on qualifications.
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I would try OHSU first.  They are a teaching hospital and they also have a reputation for great advances in cancer treatments.
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check http://www.heart.org/
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what about medicare, or medicade.  That pretty much qualifies as an emergency and many community hospitals have to take patients and treat them if they come through the emergency room.  Have this man say he's having chest pain, bring him to the emergency room, and then while hes there, tell the doctor the situation.  Chances are, they'll find a way to get this done.  Also, if a patient is in the hospital, they have case managment that can help set things up
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are you wanting to study something so you can take a competency test? I'm a HHA myself, was trained on the job and do an inservice every month to stay certified.\n\nOne of the companies I worked with, a major hospital, used WebMD for their inservice stuff.\nSo you could probably start there.\n\nIf you can't find what you want on here, email me and I can get ahold of the paper inservices we have at my job that cover a variety of topics and I can send them to you thru snail mail.\n\nhttp://www.medmutual.com/global/webmd/WebMDList.aspx?WebMDid=Senior
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Try your local hospital or clinic.
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Well if you want you could try Lourdes but if you already are a nurse find a hospital or clinic
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Geez, you need to ask your cardiologist about this.  What is your ejection fraction?  What is the cause of the blockage?  What is your current activity level?  I am sure he will tell you that you need to have a stress test if you haven't had one already.\n\nOn the other hand, if it is safe to exercise at all, the *best* place to start is with a cardiac rehabilitation program run by a hospital.  If you live in or near a major city, there is certainly at least one such program in your, and maybe several.  Ask your doctor.  \n\nCardiac rehab has you exercise--on a treadmill for example--while you are connected (wirelessly) to a heart monitor that is watched by a nurse.  The nurse can tell immediately if you even start to get into trouble.  I cannot emphasize how much confidence it gave me after heart surgery.  I was so nervous at first about going out to walk on my own.  But this way, I could push myself a little without any worry.  If I had a problem, they would see it probably even before I felt it.  And if something really bad happened, I was right there in the hospital.  \n\nMost insurance will pay for the cost of cardiac rehab, usually with a time limit of 3 months (assuming 3 visits per week).  It saved my life, and I'm sure that if you can exercise at all, this is the best way to get your life back.  Best of luck!!