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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Nursing of elderly heart attack patients Heart disease is the common diseases of the elderly, due to changes in lifestyle, the elderly weakened immunity to disease, old age growing number of heart disease, therefore, early diagnosis and early treatment. Meticulous care, to enable the elderly heart attack a speedy recovery, now I ward 60 cases, 60 years of age or older with heart observation and nursing summarized as follows: A clinical data 60 cases of heart disease, female 26 cases, male 34 cases, of which 24 patients with coronary heart disease, pulmonary heart disease in 28 cases, 4 cases of high heart disease, rheumatic heart disease in 4 cases. Two main points Care 2.1 Food Care for the elderly slowed gastrointestinal motility affect food digestion and absorption, generally given to digest, low-salt diet, Shaoliangduocan, not fullness, disable easily cause abdominal distention and irritation of food, while maintaining smooth bowel movement to prevent constipation. 2.2 Prevention of fatigue, to avoid adding to the burden of a heart failure may get out of bed to do activities in general. 2 of heart failure should be bed rest, restricted activity, 3 of heart failure should be strictly bed rest and get half-lying. While helping to turn over defecation, wash, medication, eating, etc. in order to prevent complications. Heart failure to be corrected gradually increase activity levels. 2.3 The prevention of lung infection to prevent the common cold, strict observation of disease, with particular attention to changes in vital signs, especially edema, the patient observation of urine output. 2.4 oxygen inhalation on patients with severe shortness of breath for oxygen inhalation on the different causes of breathing difficulties should be given an appropriate concentration and flow rate. Such as pulmonary heart disease, heart failure caused by sustained low-flow oxygen to give oxygen, while observing the mind and circumstances, whether t