MIOCARDIAL

INFARCTION

PRESENTED BY

LIKHILA ABRAHAM

1ST YEAR MSC

NURSING

MIOCARDIAL INFARCTION

IS THE MEDICAL TERM

FOR AN EVENT

COMMONLY KNOWN AS

HEART ATTACK.IT

HAPPENS WHEN BLOOD

STOPS FLOWING

PROPERLY TO PART OF

HEART AND HEART

BECAUSE ONE OF THE

CORONARY ARTERY

SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE

HEART DEVELOPS A

BLOCKAGE DUE TO AN

UNSTABILE BUILD UP OF

WBC, CHOLESTEROL AND

FAT.

(WIKIMEDIA)

ETIOLOG

Y

PATHOPHYSIOLO

GY

CLINICAL

MANIFESTATIONS

CHEST PAIN

SHORTNESS OF

BREATH

DIAPHORESIS

NAUSEA AND

VOMITTING

LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DEATH

DIAGNOSTIC

MEASURES

MANAGEMENT

1.PHARMACOLOGICAL

MANAGEMENT

2.SURGICAL

MANAGEMENT

COMPLICATION

S

PREVENTION

1. PRIMARY AND

SECONDARY

PREVENTION

NURSING

DIAGNOSIS

RECAPATUALIZATIONDISCUSS THE NURSING

PROCESS IN CARING A

PATIENT ADMITTED IN

EMERGENCY WARD

WITH DIAGNOSIS OF

MI?