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Re:Topic 3 DQ 1

This week during my volunteering service, a young patient and his wife walked into the room for their scheduled education session on cardiac disease. During the education session, the patient became hostile, directing his hostility towards me, the volunteer. I later learned that patient had recently suffered a heart attack or cardiac arrest, and has been diagnosed with heart failure. To make matters worse, patient has a significant family history of cardiac disease, whereby, a loved one had recently died of heart failure. So, all these incidents had created fear and anxiety in the patient, causing him to be frustrated and thus, directing all that negativity towards other people. However, I was able to explain to patient that, in spite of his recent cardiac problems or issues, such as the heart attack, his new diagnosis of cardiac disease, and the family history of cardiac disease, with proper education, lifestyle modification, and compliance with his health treatment and regimen, he is likely to live a full and healthy life. He became calm and less anxious, enough to go through the cardiac education to get him prepared for a cardiac catheterization.