I work on a cardiovascular floor at a hospital. We give our open heart patients a heart shaped pillow to hold to their chest when coughing to reduce pain/discomfort and to hold when getting up as a reminder not to push or pull with their arms (you absolutely don’t want your incision to dehisce!).
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I work on a cardiovascular floor at a hospital. We give our open heart patients a heart shaped pillow to hold to their chest when coughing to reduce pain/discomfort and to hold when getting up as a reminder not to push or pull with their arms (you absolutely don’t want your incision to dehisce!).
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