A: According to the American heart association 70% of Americans feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency only 32% of cardiac victims receive CPR from a bystander. B: The American Red Cross states that only 8% of cardiac arrest that happen outside the hospital actually survives. C: If immediate CPR is implemented it can double, or triple that survival rate according to the mayoclinic.com. D: CPR stands for Cardio pulmonary resuscitation the goal of CPR is to keep oxygenated blood flowing through the heart and brain. E: One of the most common fears of performing CPR is fear of catching a disease.
But what truly causes it is a mystery that leaves scientists and doctors with just guesses and tests to do. Some people say that babies die of SIDS just from sleeping wrong. In 1994, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) had a “Back To Sleep” campaign that told parents to always put infants on their backs when sleeping. After that, the rate of SIDS went down by more than 50% (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Even with that drop in the death rate, SIDS is still responsible for about 3,000 deaths per year (“Sudden Infant Death” 1621).
The affect of strokes on the body can range between mild dizziness or slight numbness to impaired speech and loss of motor control. Major strokes can block blood flow to the brain to the point where the brain becomes impaired. Once the brain shuts down, it is no longer sending signals to the parts of the body that require brain operation to function. This can impair heart function, which can lead to death in the matter of a few minutes. According the American Heart Association’s posted statistics in Chapter 12 of this week’s reading, out of more than 6.5 million Americans suffer from strokes each year, roughly 150,000 die as a result from the damage.
“The Diabetes Prevention Program had more than 3,000 high-risk nondiabetic individuals randomly assigned to the following three groups: (a) exercise, (b) drug, and (c) control.” (Leung 1). An increase in physical activity led to 30-60% less of a risk of type II diabetes, overall. Health and physical education encourages these good habits, and helps in establishing the correct ways in preventing getting Type II Diabetes. (Leung 1) Physical Education can sometimes be the only source of activity that a child receives in a day. It always has a positive impact on a child’s chances of getting type II diabetes once they reach a later age.
Semmelweis didn’t believe those reasons, and tried to find the real cause, despite opposition from his boss. Semmelweis noticed that the death rate of mothers was higher in the wards where they were treated by medical students who had come straight from the dissecting room. He decided that students who had just been dissecting mothers who had died from the disease transferred the disease to healthy mothers. Semmelweis made all the medical students wash their hands between patients, despite the disagreement of his superior, who did not believe hand-washing had any effect. The mortality rate of mothers dropped from about 18% to 1%.
In the UK, diabetes affects approximately 2.8 million people. More than one million people are thought to have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1 diabetes, which occurs when the body does not produce any insulin at all. Around 90% of all adults in the UK with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular diseases account for more than 150,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom.
According to the American Heart Association, as many as two hundred and fifty thousand deaths per year in the United States can be attributed to a lack of regular exercise. Living an inactive lifestyle has consistently been one of the top five risk factors for heart disease. Those with low levels of physical fitness also experience a higher rate of cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks. We all unconsciously know that exercise is good for us. It is fair to say that everyone wants to be healthy.
Background Approximately 15,000 people die each year by overdosing on opioids, a rate that has more than tripled since 1990 (Wermeling, 2012). The annual incidence of opioid over dose associated mortality on a nationwide scale has been difficult to assess due to incomplete reporting systems (Leavitt, S.2010) as well as more than half of over doses go unreported for fears of repercussions (kuehn,2014). In Massachusetts these over doses have killed more than car crashes each year since 2005 (Wermeling, 2012). The government had tried numerous strategies to reduce the death toll, including imposing stricter regulations on prescribing medications, prosecuting owners of “pill mills” who dispense the drugs without proper medical evaluation, and tracking data bases to monitor and discourage “doctor shopping” among addicts (Szalvitz,2013). Addiction often begins with a legitimate opioid
Suicide affects 1 in 13 Canadians. These estimates are likely to be low because many suicides are not reported and a death is only certified as a suicide by medical and legal authorities when the victim’s intent is clearly proven. This is a huge problem that costs our health system over 3 billion dollars a year. Suicide rates differ between males and females. Females attempt suicide twice as often as males, they account for 75% of the attempted suicides.
Studies have shown that parents who are active in their child’s education can improve schoolwork, test scores, and behavior. What we do now as parents, significantly impacts who our children become. Our theme for this year is “Let’s Get Involved”. We thank you all for your continued support of our Patrick Henry PTA you are making a