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Hospice Care
When medical treatments no longer offer a cure, Hospice Care offers a special way to care for you and your family who are faced with a life-limiting illness. Serving Washoe, Lyon, Storey and Carson Counties, our team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Hospice staff receive special training to care for all types of physical and emotional symptoms that cause pain, discomfort and distress. When considering your options for end-of-life transition, our team is available to answer questions and discuss if Renown Hospice Care will meet your needs. Your hospice care team includes Medical Director Registered Nurses Certified Nursing Aides Medical Social Workers Chaplains Registered Dietitians Trained Volunteers
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Palliative and Supportive Care
Compassionate Care Palliative and Supportive Care provides specialized medical care for serious illnesses and diseases, including advanced kidney failure or heart disease. Palliative Care helps to: Prevent and relieve suffering to help build the best possible quality of life. Add value to standard therapies by assisting with advanced illness planning and symptom management. Palliative & Supportive Care may be needed if: You've had multiple hospital admissions for severe illness. Severe pain, nausea, fatigue or other symptoms impacting quality of life and you are reconsidering treatment plans. Treatments are no longer working. You're feeling hapless or discouraged about the future due to your serious illness. Talk to your doctor to find out if palliative care is the right choice for you or your family member. Your Care Team Your palliative care support team comprises doctors, nurses, chaplains, social workers and other specialists who work together with you to provide extra support. Your care team can help: Facilitate close communication between you and your physician team, as well as nurses and specialists. Offer medical assessments and symptom management to help reduce pain, nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath and anxiety. Improve the ability to tolerate medical treatments and fain the strength to live a productive daily life. Explain treatment options and the decision making process regarding care. Navigate the healthcare process. Lend emotional and spiritual support.
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Heart Care
We lead the region in cardiology care with our technological expertise and patient-centered approach. Our comprehensive team diagnoses heart disease and other cardiac conditions, offering personalized treatment plans. Plus, our specialty team provides you access to the most advanced medical, surgical and minimally invasive techniques.
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Women's Heart Center
Heart disease is the leading killer of women, causing one in three deaths each year—more than all cancers combined. That's a third of our mothers, sisters, friends, coworkers, and more. Unfortunately, although heart disease kills more women than men every year, the treatment of women's heart disease has primarily been based on medical research performed on men. We're here to change that. The Helaine Greenberg Women's Heart Center at Renown Health is the only center of its kind that offers advanced specialized heart care for women in northern Nevada. We specialize in treating three significant cardiac conditions in women: High-risk pregnancy Brest cancer Heart attacks
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Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Are You at Risk? Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) is a type of heart disease caused by consistent high levels of bad cholesterol (LDL-C) in the blood that lead to the buildup of plaque on the walls of the arteries. In people with ASCVD, the plaque buildup has resulted in problems related to bad cholesterol, such as: Heart attack Stroke Blockages within the arteries, causing chest pain
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Early Heart Attack Care
Early Care Saves Hearts In affiliation with the Deputy Heart Attack (DHA) Program with Early Heart Attack Care (EHAC) Education, Renown Heart Care is raising public awareness to educate our community about the signs of an impending heart attack. What is EHAC? Early Heart Attack Care (or EHAC) education teaches you to recognize the early signs and symptoms of a heart attack. Why? We want you to become an active bystander so you can save a life - even if it’s yours. About 750,000 people in the U.S. have heart attacks each year. Of those, about 116,000 die. Many of these patients experienced early symptoms.
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Electrophysiology
Cardiac Electrophysiology Electrophysiology (EP) is the study of the electrical system of the heart. Renown Health's highly trained cardiac electrophysiology team assesses the heart's electrical system and diagnoses abnormal heartbeats or arrhythmia. As the only IAC Cardiac Electrophysiology accredited facility in Nevada, we proudly demonstrate exemplary care and quality for all of our patients.