Chicago Mercy Hospital will host Healthy Heart Week from April 7-13 to provide free workshops on improving heart health. The workshops will teach the public ways to improve their quality of life through a healthier heart. Details on times and locations will be provided later. As preparation, the hospital newsletter should include information that high blood pressure requires multiple high readings to be diagnosed, it usually has no symptoms, and a normal reading is 120/80 with readings above 140/90 requiring physician involvement.

1. Chicago Mercy Hospital
Memo
To: Audra Schöenbeck
From: Marcus Cañete
Date: February 23, 2012
Re: Healthy Heart Week
Chicago Mercy Hospital will celebrate Healthy Heart Week from April 7–13. During this
week, the hospital will sponsor several workshops on how to improve the quality of life by
improving the quality of a person’s heart. These workshops are free and will be open to the
general public. When the times and locations are determined, I will let you know. In the
meantime, as a buildup to Healthy Heart Week, I would like you to add the following
information to next week's newsletter:
One high blood pressure reading does not necessarily mean a person has high blood
pressure—a problem is indicated when a person has several high blood pressure
readings.
High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. The only way to know for sure is to
have it checked.
A normal blood pressure reading is 120/80. If the top number (called the systolic)
consistently exceeds 140, or if the bottom number (called the diastolic) consistently
exceeds 90, a person should be working with a physician to lower his or her blood
pressure.
mtm:c02sa02, CHM Memo
Healthy Heart Week