³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ nursing Student Amy Miele in TV news video while working in Hawaii on Million Hearts campaign
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ nursing student Amy Miele landed on TV April 25, 2012 while spending the week in Hawaii as part of an education team working with the Hawaii state Department of Health supporting the Million Heartsâ„¢ campaign. The program is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project introduced last year to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes.
Miele, a senior in ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s RN-to-BSN completion program, is a master BP (blood pressure) trainer. Her involvement was funded in part by the Maine Centers for Disease Control. She is shown in a featuring Hawaii's Million Hearts campaign.
Although they were not in Hawaii this week, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students Kaitlin Stolberg '12 and Sharon Staples '12 have also been educated as master BP trainers and have facilitated trainings across all health professions at the university and as well as to outside clinical partners.
High blood pressure is one of the leading risk factors of heart disease and stroke. In Hawaii, one in three adults has heart disease or has had a stroke.
According to the American Heart Association, accurate blood pressure measurement is an exacting process that requires careful attention and periodic retraining. All types of blood pressure equipment should be regularly inspected and calibrated.