TSTC Vocational Nursing students know importance of healthy hearts

TSTC Vocational Nursing students Chrystal Thomspon (left) and Amy Zavala are learning ways to help patients suffering from a heart condition. February is annually observed as American Heart Month. (Photo courtesy of TSTC.)
TSTC Vocational Nursing students Chrystal Thomspon (left) and Amy Zavala are learning ways to help patients suffering from a heart condition. February is annually observed as American Heart Month. (Photo courtesy of TSTC.)

(SWEETWATER, Texas) - The key to healthy living begins with a person’s heart.

Each February is proclaimed American Heart Month by the president to raise awareness about the importance of having a healthy heart. Texas State Technical College Vocational Nursing students are learning how to help someone facing a heart incident and the ways that people can prevent heart disease.

“One of the first things…