THE HEART DEFINE Target Heart Rate Pulse Rate

THE HEART

DEFINE § § Target Heart Rate Pulse Rate Aerobic Anaerobic

What is Heart Rate? § Heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute § Pulse can be felt at neck, wrist, or underarm (not the armpit) § The usual heart rate is between 60 -100 beats per minute

Target heart rate § Formula 220 - age = MHR § i. e. 220 -30= 190 (a 30 yr old max heart rate, dangerous) § To work at 70% of 30 yr old max heart rate= 190 x. 70= 133 § http: //www. mayoclinic. com/health/targetheart-rate/SM 00083

In Tune with the Beat of Your Heart § The heart beats about 85, 000 times a day § Pumps the equivalent of 4, 000 gallons of blood a day § The heart is a little larger than your fist § Located just left of center in the chest

What is the Number One Killer in America? § Cardiovascular Disease holds that deadly distinction for both men and women § Someone dies from some form of CD every 34 seconds § Every 1 -3 in people have some form of the disease § Claims 1 million lives a year

How Can You Prevent Many of These Deaths? § § § Lower High Blood Pressure Stop Smoking Control Blood Cholesterol Stay Physically Active Know the Warning Signs

Risk Factors for Heart Disease That Cannot Be Changed § § Heredity Race Age Diabetes

Risk Factors For Heart Disease That Can Be Changed § § § Smoking High Blood Cholesterol High Blood Pressure Physical Inactivity Obesity Stress

How Can Heart Disease Be Treated? § § § Medications Angioplasty or Balloon Angioplasty Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

An Ounce of Prevention § § § Eat Smart Exercise your heart (at least 60 minutes) Heart Saving Tests (electrocardiogram, stress test)

TERMS § Heart murmur- heart sound that reflects damaged or abnormal valves-blood flows backward § Atherosclerosis- plaque on walls of arteries § Aneurysm- ballooning out of artery wall where it burst (bleed to death) § Blood clots- cause blockage in arteries which can lead to heart attack

TERMS § Stroke- shutting off of blood flow to the brain by plaques, clot, or hemmorhage § Heart attack- vessels which feed the heart become blocked causing tissue death