1. Heart Rate

2. What is Heart Rate?
Heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute
Pulse can be felt at neck, wrist, or underarm (not the armpit)
The usual heart rate is between beats per minute

3. In Tune with the Beat of Your Heart
The heart beats about 100,000 times a day
Pumps the equivalent of 2,000 gallons of blood a day
The heart is a little larger than your fist
Located just left of center in the chest

4. What is the Number One Killer in America?
Cardiovascular Disease holds that deadly distinction for both men and women
Someone dies from some form of CD every 34 seconds

5. How Can You Prevent Many of These Deaths?
Lower High Blood Pressure
Stop Smoking
Control Blood Cholesterol
Stay Physically Active
Know the Warning Signs

6. Risk Factors for Heart Disease That Cannot Be Changed
Heredity
Race
Age
Diabetes

7. Risk Factors For Heart Disease That Can Be Changed
Smoking
High Blood Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure
Physical Inactivity
Obesity
Stress

8. How Can Heart Disease Be Treated?
Medications
Angioplasty or Balloon Angioplasty
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

9. An Ounce of Prevention Eat Smart Exercise your heart
Heart Saving Tests