case study

READ CAREFULLY:

This case study comes from the Apply It: Critical Thinking Exercise section of the chapter. Read the case study, then choose ONE of the discussion questions. Create a post of at least 100 words, that includes the following information…

briefly describe the health issue presented, and answer one case study question

include a link to a resource that supports the information you discussed

provide TWO (2) word-part breakdowns of associated medical terms relating to the health issue (explaining the word root, the combining form, the suffix, and the prefix)

Then post one response to a classmate of at least 30 words, expanding on the content of their post, and provide one additional word part breakdown in your response (different from those in your initial post and different from any term detailed in the classmates post).

Case Study:

Randi Marchant, a 42-year-old waitress, was vacuuming the family room when she felt that painful squeezing in her chest again. This was the third time today, but this one really hurt. She sat down to catch her breath and stubbed out the cigarette she had left smoldering in the half-filled ashtray by the couch. Randis husband, Jimmy, and stepdaughter Melonie had pestered her until she finally had taken time off work to see her doctor. Dr. Harris found that her blood pressure was 158/88probably owing to the noon rush stress at work, she rationalized. At least her cholesterol test was only 30 points above average this time. It had been slowly coming down, even though she was having a hard time following the DASH diet her doctor wanted her to follow.

Another wave of pain tightened its icy fingers around her heart, and moved up into both sides of her jaw. Randi thought, Probably just a little acid reflux. Since the pain doesnt radiate down my left arm, it couldnt be my heart, could it?

Dont think about the pain, she told herself. Think of something else. For dinner tonight Ill make — Randi fell to the floor, clutching her chest, just as Melonie walked in. She saw her stepmother slumped on the floor and screamed, Help, somebody, help!

Discussion Questions:

1. What information in the story indicates that Randi might be a candidate for heart disease?
2. Discuss why Randi thought this was not a heart attack.
3. What can Melonie do immediately to try to save Randis life?
4. Assuming that Randi is suffering a myocardial infarction, discuss why it is important that she receive appropriate treatment quickly.