HEART ATTACK!!

1. HEART ATTACK!!

2. Did you know..?! • Heart disease is the leading cause of death • African Americans are at greater risk for heart disease • Prevalence of heart disease in black females is 44.7% compared to 32.4% in white females • African American men die from heart attack associated with stress over any other ethnicity • Stress is the #1 health problem African Americans are facing today

3. WHY? • <50% of African American females don’t feel well educated about heart disease • >50% who suffer from stress do not seek help. • Struggles affecting African Americans • Racism and prejudice • Worrying about income • Concern over area of living and safety • Violence • Family troubles • Poor lifestyle choices

4. General Risk Factors.. • Age: men 45 or older and women 55 or older are more likely to have an attack • Smoking • Diabetes • High blood pressure & high cholesterol • Family history • Lack of physical activity/ obesity • Stress • Illegal drug use

5. Mt. zion, This is you! • 37 members were surveyed • 29 ushers= 78% • 7 welcome/ greeters=19% • 1 nurse aide= 0.03% • 25 answered YES for family history heart disease= 68% • 12 answered NO for history of heart disease= 32% • 10 said they had personal/family history of high blood pressure=27% • 6 said they had personal/ family history of diabetes= 16% • 20 said they had both high blood pressure and diabetes= 54% • 1 said they had neither of the health problems= 0.03% • 46% said they knew what to do if someone had a medical emergency

7. Game on • Every 20 seconds, a person in the united states has a heart attack • Every minute 3 people die of a heart attack • 4 out of 10 people who have an attack will die from it • At least 250,000 people die of heart attacks each year before they reach the hospital

8. What is a heart attack? • When a blood clot or other blockage cuts blood flow to a part of your heart • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IKsovN8Pic&feature=player_embedded

9. signs & symptoms • Pressure, a feeling of fullness or a squeezing pain in the center of your chest that lasts for more than a few minutes • Pain extending beyond your chest to your shoulder, arm, back, or even to your teeth and jaw • Prolonged pain in the upper abdomen • Shortness of breath • Cold sweat • Nausea and vomiting • Lightheadedness • Fatigue

10. AED POLICY & how to act! • On website under health ministries on the right side: http://www.mtzion-baptist.org/files/aed_policy.pdf • Call 911 • Get the AED • Bring red AED box to victim • Turn on AED • Follow verbal commands from AED • Crowd control- listen to ushers commands

11. THE END!!!