Cardiac Education

FRESHSTART

This American Cancer Society smoking cessation program is designed to help participants stop smoking by providing them with all of the essential information and strategies needed to direct their own efforts at stopping.  This program is offered every other month to SGMC employees, local businesses and the community at large.  -> Sign up for FRESHSTART

Getting Ready to Quit

This smoking cessation program is offered to SGMC employees, local businesses and the community at large.  Getting Ready to Quit is held every other month and is designed to help you learn more about tobacco as a habit and an addiction.  This program helps assist you in your efforts to quit smoking and to help you explore how smoking affects your life. -> Sign up for Getting Ready to Quit

Heart Facts

Held quarterly, this two-part series addresses risk factors for coronary artery disease, and how your chances for developing CAD can be reduced with proper nutrition, exercise and management. Lunch is provided. Meetings are held in Cardiac Rehab from 11am - 12pm. Registration is required, please contact 229.245.6211 to register.

Heart Health Expo

Held each February in observance of Heart Health Awareness, the annual Heart Health Expo focuses on heart-related health issues. Physicians, cardiac rehabilitation nurses and the American Heart Association offer educational materials, blood pressure checks, cholesterol checks and free EKG’s.

Compressions-Only CPR

CPR Certified trainers offer Compressions-Only CPR training to groups.  Compressions-Only CPR offers instruction on giving CPR to an adult that suddenly collapses, without the use of rescue-breathing techniques.  If your school, civic, religious or other organization is interested in learning Compressions-Only CPR call 229.333.1074 to request a presentation and demonstration. ->View our Compressions-Only Flyer