Being aware of just a few key metrics can provide quite an
accurate picture of your current cardiac fitness and motivate you to maintain
your healthy heart numbers and work upon the less healthy ones. Keep in mind
that all of these numbers fall on a continuous scale, just saying having high
or low blood pressure isn’t accurate, a doctor looks at how high or how low.
The biggest cardiovascular disease risk factors are high
cholesterol and high blood pressure. Additionally, heart disease increases the
risk of life-threatening cardiac emergencies like a cardiac arrest. A victim in
such a situation would require immediate treatment for survival. The most
appropriate form of treatment in this regard is proper application of the
life-saving CPR procedure that combines chest compressions and rescue breaths.
For proper training, select a certified training center such as the AHA certified CPR Tampa in Florida. Become eligible for an AHA certification after
successfully passing a skills test and written exam. There are courses for both
healthcare and nom-healthcare providers.
Learn more about a “BLS
class Tampa”:
Basic Life
Support Classes- This CPR class satisfies the required certification
that students must have in order to participate in their healthcare/medical
related programs.
You’ll Learn:
1. Fundamentals
of High-Quality CPR.
2. How to Give
Proper Chest Compressions.
3. How to
Provide Rescue Breaths.
4. How to Use
a Bag Valve Mask.
5. 1 and 2
rescuer Infant, Child, and Adult Basic Life Support
6. AED
Training for Infants, Children, and Adults
7. Choking
Intervention and much more
You need to track a few things to know your numbers:
Blood
Pressure- High blood pressure can only be detected by being measured,
it has no symptoms. For most people, score of 120/80 is optimal, and 140/90 is
normal. Readings higher than that implies that your arteries aren’t responding
right to the force of blood pushing against artery walls (blood pressure) thus
raising the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Non-HDL
Cholesterol- Non-HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol is the total
cholesterol reading minus HDL cholesterol which is a measure of fats in the
blood that can clog or narrow arteries to the ticker. Aim for a lower score
like a score lower than 130 mg/dL or, if you’re at a high risk of cardiovascular
disease, lower than 70–100 mg/dL.
Blood Sugar- Type 1
and Type 2 diabetes are among the most harmful risk factors for heart disease
and high blood sugar increases the risk for diabetes that damages arteries.
Experts recommend walking up to 10,000 steps a day, or almost
five miles and to exercise 150 minutes per week as moving a lot not only
improves every other heart-health measure but also ameliorates disease risk.
Sleeping 6-8 hours a night can also significantly lower your risk of
cardiovascular disease. So, watch your numbers to take appropriate action.
For more information or to join a course at CPR Tampa, call
on (813) 453-9974.
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