Firefighter health and fitness Chris Montgomery Firefighter health and fitness

Introduction My qualifications Major Malcolm Jenkins LODD death Cardiovascular Disease risk factors How to mitigate risks Matter of life and death

Risk Factors: Heart disease We are all EMTs here Hereditary Stress Diet Lack of exercise

Mitigation: Healthy Diet Lowers blood pressure (Benzinger, 2010) Lower bad cholesterol Maintain healthy weight (Benzinger, 2010)

Mitigation: Exercise Lowers blood pressure (Hagberg, 2011) Reduce stress (Harvard, 2011) Maintain healthy weight Other benefits/adaptations

Conclusion Mitigate heart disease through Diet Mitigate heart disease through exercise Life and death issues

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