What is normal?
True or False : 20% of people that have had a heart attack will be readmitted for a 2nd heart attack within 5 years
What is True? Get an extra turn
True or False: African Americans and people of Pacific Island origin are at greater risk of a heart attack.
What is true? get 300 extra points, get an extra turn
T or F: Diabetics are at higher risk of heart attack, and why?
What is True- diabetes enlarges the heart/weakens the heart.
You are at higher risk of heart attack if you have high blood pressure- T or F
What is true?
The upper reading of the blood pressure is called__________.
What is systolic? lose 25% of your points
Tooth pain can cause an increase in blood pressure -T/F
What is true? lose 100 points
What is a wire mesh that is placed in an artery to open it up to blood flow called?
What is a stent?
Give 3 genetic/hereditary factors that make someone at higher risk for a heart attack?
What is:
middle age or older
male
African American or Pacific Islander
family history of heart attack or high blood pressure
Diabetic
5 of the 7 symptoms of a heart attack
What is lightheadedness
nausea/indigestion
cold sweats
chest pain
jaw, neck or back pain
shortness of breath
extreme fatigue
Get an extra 500 points
The first thing you do when you suspect someone is having a heart attack
What is CALL 911! ? Get an extra 100 points per team member that does 15 jumping jacks
The part of the heartbeat or blood pressure where the heart is pumping or contracting
What is systole or systolic?
Angio- means
What is having to do with the heart?
What is a collection of fatty cells or white blood cells stuck to the wall of an artery that restricts blood flow called?
What is a plaque? lose 450 points
Define :hereditary/genetic risk factor and lifestyle risk factor
What is something you are born with or inherit that is not changeable, and what is something that can be controlled with lifestyle choices? Trade points with the person to your left
If someone is showing signs or symptoms of having a heart attack- the first thing a responder should do
What is call 911?
What age is more at risk for a heart attack?
What is middle age and older?
What does ischemic mean?
What is dead tissue? Take 10% of the other team's points- ha ha
Being overweight is normally a ____________ factor that can increase risk of heart attack
What is lifestyle? Get another turn
What is the surgery called that goes in and places a balloon or wire mesh to open up an artery for blood flow?
What is an angioplasty? take 500 extra points from the player on your right
High blood pressure is also known as ______________
What is hypertension?
True or False: Men often show different signs and symptoms of a heart attack than women do.
What is true? get 1000 extra points
1 out ____deaths in the United states are due to heart disease and stroke
What is 3?
The part of the heartbeat or blood pressure where the heart is at rest
What is diastole or diastolic?
vascular means
What is having to do with the blood vessels? Extra turn
What does heart attack mean?
Part or all of the heart was damaged or died from lack of oxygen. The heart may have stopped beating. Give 1/4 of your points to the other players to share- you decide who gets what
Give 3 lifestyle risk behaviors that increase someone's risk of heart disease and heart attack
What is :
high fat diet (high cholesterol)
high stress lifestyle
smoking
drugs
alcohol use
lack of exercise
uncontrolled high blood pressure
A sign of a heart attack is when a person is having pain in their ______side in the ______. ______. ______, or down their arm
What is left, jaw, neck, shoulder?
You can cut your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in half by ____ ________.
What is quitting smoking or not smoking? Switch points with the person/team on your left
Hardening of the arteries
What is artherosclerosis? Gain 1400 points
cardio- means
What is having to do with the heart?
T or F: You Never perform CPR on a person with a heartbeat
What is true?
Name 5 things that causes a systolic blood pressure to rise?
What is stress, pain, exercise, anger or strong emotion, caffiene, smoking, alcohol or drugs
The age where you become more at risk for heart attack or stroke
What is 55 or over? Take away 300 points from other team
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every ____________.
What is 40 seconds or under a minute? Get 100 points for each team member that does 2 push ups
WHat is is called when your heartbeat stops?
What is asystole?
A normal systolic blood pressure at rest
What is 120 or below? Trade points with the person with the turn after you
What is the part of the heart that is the natural pacemaker of the heart?
What is the AV node?
Define sedentary lifestyle
What is couch potato or lack of exercise? lose 25% of your points
What is the medical term for heart attack?
What is Myocardial infarction or MI?
Three ways to lower your risks for heart disease
What is eat a low fat diet, quit smoking, don't do drugs or drink alcohol, reduce your stress, exercise
Medical term for chest pain
What is angina? lose 400 points
What fatty component of the blood becomes a risk factor for heart disease if it is high?
What is cholesterol?