Heart Education Awareness Resource and Training through eLearning (HEARTe)


Bill: Part 1

Meet Bill

Bill reading the paper in his armchair

This picture introduces Bill, 3 months before his hospital admission.

Bill is a 74-year old retired teacher. He is a widow and lives alone in a one bedroom flat which has two flights of external stairs.

Bill was admitted to hospital with increasing breathlessness associated with worsening heart failure.

He was discharged after a three week stay in the medical unit.

His past medical history includes:

  • Heart Failure (HF)
  • Atrial Fibrillation(AF)
  • Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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