How Well Do You Know

Myocardial Infarction?
Anjelina Suarez
Independent Study Mentorship- Spring 2018
Mrs. Click- 1st Period
 My mentors name is Desiree Depaolo. She has her associate
degree of nursing from College of the Mainland. She has been
employed with Memorial Hermann South-east for 12 years.
My Mentorship

From 2005-2007 she was a certified nursing

assistant then from 2007-current she is a RN.
She works as a Rapid Response nurse for the
entire hospital.

The hospital I do my mentorship at is Memorial Hermann South-east. It is

located at 11800 Astoria Blvd, Houston, Texas, 77089. I really enjoy this
hospital because the atmosphere and the people are very welcoming.
  ISM, also known as Independent Study Mentorship, is a
class where one is able to follow the career they are
interested in for their future.
 ISM requires 3 mentorship hours a week, a journal entry
and activity log due every Monday by 2:30pm, and
weekly assignments leading to your Mid-Term
What is ISM? presentation and Final Presentation at the end of each
semester.
  For the second semester, my project topic will be the
study of Myocardial Infarction. I chose this topic
because it is one of the most common problems at
My Project Memorial Hermann South-east and I find it very
Topic interesting.
  In the United States, about ¼ of patients pass away from
myocardial infarction.
 In my first key point, I will include why people would
pass away form MI.
Key Point 1
  Compared to a placebo, aspirin can reduce mortality,
re-infarction, and stroke in one month with a severe
Myocardial Infarction.

Key Point 2
  Beta-blockers (medication reducing blood pressure),
reduce re-infarction for people with severe Myocardial
Infarction.
 However, they have no effect on mortality for short term,
Key Point 3 and also increase cardiogenic shock.
  Compared to a placebo, ACE inhibitors
(pharmaceutical drugs) reduce death rate in patients.

Key Point 4
  Primary PTCA (operation done after Myocardial
Infarction or heart attack right after being admitted in
the hospital).
 Within 12 hours on onset of chest pain reduces risk of
death, re-infarction, and stroke, and stroke compared
with thrombolysis.
Key Point 5
  This article explains why first time teen mom's have an
increased risk for heart disease. All of the women were
between the ages 65 and 74.
 The researchers noted the age they first became
pregnant and used a blood test to check for
Current Event connections to heart disease.

 What are some contributing factors leading to heart

diseases like Myocardial Infarction?
  This article states that this caused by the stress and
struggles teen moms go through.
 The article was interesting because the test did connect
higher heart disease rates to early mothers.
Current Event  This leads to a bigger question like, “is there more
part 2 behind the cause of Myocardial Infarctions?” or, “Do
cortisol levels have anything to do with heart disease?”
  What is Myocardial Infarction?
 What does Myocardial Infarction mean?
 I will incorporate these with my key points by
Research presenting a better understanding of what MI is
and how they relate
Source 1
  How do we treat patients with Myocardial Infarction?
 I will incorporate these with my key points by
Research presenting a better understanding to how MI patients

Source 2 are treated and how they relate

  What are the long-term effects of Myocardial Infarction?
Research  I will incorporate these with my key points by
presenting a better understanding of the long-term
Source 3 effects of MI and how they relate.
  For my final product, my mentor and I will produce a
model of Myocardial Infarction.
Product  We will probably produce it through a cake model or a
play-dough model.
  For this semester, I hope to learn more about the ICU
and RRT.
 I also learn and see new things with a open-mind and
open-heart.

 Completing my project I hope to learn and see a lot of

things that can give me a better understanding of MI.

Conclusion
  Thank you to my mentor, graders, evaluators, teachers,
and parents for watching!

Thank you!
 “MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICINAL
PLANTS.” MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICINAL
PLANTS, lookfordiagnosis.com/.
Work/ Sandoiu, Ana. “Teen Moms at Risk of Heart Disease.”
References Medical News Today, MediLexicon International,
1 Nov. 2017,
Cited www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319933.php.