angina age group

For a nurse?

I have to interview a nurse for my wellness class at school. So, if you’re an actual nurse, could you please answer a few questions about heart attack?

1) About how many people come in with a heart attack each month or week?
2) How many of them survive?
3) Do patients come in clutching their chests like in the movies or is that not the case?
4) Are the patients that come in usually unconscious or conscious?
5) Are the patients tested to see if they are suffering from a heart attack or do the doctors just know?
6) How often does the patient have to go through immediate surgery?
7) What gender and age group do you see most of?
Have you ever seen a patient under 25 suffer from a heart attack?
9) Is it possible for children to develop heart attacks?
10) How do you distinguish angina from a heart attack?

Again, all these question are about heart attack if you haven’t noticed. Sorry if some of these are unanswerable (is that a word?) Thanks to all that answer!!

1)I work in a specialist heart hospital so I probably see more than most nurses as anyone with heart attack in 10 mile radius comes to us. It does various on time of year believe it or not. On average thought it’s usually 2-3 a day with one being a ‘serious’ heart attack and 2 of them being ‘minor’ ones.

2)We have high rate about 90%

3)Yes they do. The main symptom of a heart attack is severe pain in chest so most will be clutching chest. Lots of people don’t know but another common sign is vomiting.

4)Usually conscious although some will pass out eventually with pain or lack of oxygen if not treated quickly.

5)The warning signs can indicate a heart attack e.g. pain in chest however an ECG (a tracing of heart) will be done straight away to confirm it. If the patient is brought in via ambulance this will be the first think the paramedics would have done.

6)About 75% of our patients go down for immediate surgery. This is high compared to other hospitals as we have the staff and facilities to do it quick as we only deal with hearts.

7)Men around 40-50 years. Generally usually smokers and drinkers.

8)Yes although this is rarer and usually due to some underlining problems such as an arrhythmia problem. We see a few that are brought on due to illegal drug use.

9)Yes children do have heart attacks but again it is usually due to another medical problem

10)They’re two completely different illnesses however they can present themselves in same way – chest pain. An ECG will tell straight away if it’s a heart attack and if not more tests will be done to diagnose problem e.g. angina

angina age group

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