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THE HUMAN TOUCH CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE The following story and questions are designed to stimulate critical thinking through class discussion or as a brief essay response There are no right or wrong answers to these questions Randi Marchant, a 12 year old waitress vacuuming the family room when she felt that painful queting in her chest again. Third time today, but this one really hurt. She sat down to catch her breath and stubbed out the cigarette she had left moldering in the half filled ashtray by the couch Rando’s husband. Tomy and stepdaughter Melonie had prestered her until she finally had taken time off work to see her doctor. Dr. Harris found that her blood pressure was 158/88-probably owing to the moon rush stress at work, she rationalized. At least her cholesterol test was only 30 points about average this time. It had been slowly coming down, quen though she cheated on her diet Another ware of pain tightened its icy fingers around her heart, and the pain moved up into both rides of her ow. Randi thought, “Probably just a little heartburn. Since the pain doen’t radiate down my left arm, it couldn’t be my heart could it “Don’t think about the pain,” she toid herself. “Thunk of something else. Melonie’s prom dress needs altering. Randi fell to the floor, clutching her chest just as Melonie walked on. She saw her stepmother slumped on the floor and screamed “Oh my God! Help somebody, help.” Suggested Discussion Topics 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 Randi’s life? 4. Assuming that Randi is having a heart attack, discuss why it is important that she receive appropriate treatment quickly
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