File name: Heart Failure Action Plan Pdf
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Heart Failure Action Plan Which zone are you in today? Every Day: Your symptoms are under control if you: Weigh yourself at the same time every day. Use the same scale. Write down . Action Plan • Call your doctor or health care provider if you have any of the symptoms listed. • Your doctor may need to adjust your medications. Red Light: Medical Alert! • Weight gain of . Heart Failure Monitoring: Weigh yourself daily in the morning after emptying your bladder and record weights. Call the Central Nurse Triage Line at and select the symptom . This action plan is a guide to help you manage the signs and symptoms of heart failure. You and your provider should complete this plan together at your next visit. The three colors (zones), green, yellow and red, help you decide what to do. Green means you are doing well. Symptoms are STABLE. Your heart failure symptoms are well controlled. If you notice changes in your heart failure symptoms follow your heart failure action plan. Acting quickly will help you to feel better and stay out of hospital. If you have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (also called HFrEF or systolic heart failure), it’s normal to feel scared or unsure about the future. But heart failure can be managed – and proper treatment can help you feel better and live longer. Use this action plan to learn how best to manage your heart failure. Action Plan • Call your doctor or health care provider if you have any of the symptoms listed. • Your doctor may need to adjust your medications. Red Light: Medical Alert! • Weight gain of more than 5 pounds within a week • Severe swelling in feet, ankles, legs or stomach area • Unrelieved shortness of breath or severe. Apr 15, · Heart Failure Action Plan Author: Coastal Medical Created Date: 4/15/ PM. Heart Failure Action Plan. This. action plan. is a guide to help you manage the signs and symptoms of heart failure. You and your provider should complete this plan together at your next visit. The three colors (zones), green, yellow and red, help you decide what to do. Status.