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ERLesson4

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Where is the heart located?   The center of the chest with a slight lean to the left  
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How many beats does it take a heart to beat in a year?   It beats over 35 million times in a a year  
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How big is a adult's heart?   About the size of their two fists put together  
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How hard does the heart beat?   The same amount of force it takes you to squeeze a tennis ball  
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Where are the four chambers located?   Located in the center of the chest  
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What does the blue vein represent?   Oxygen poor poor blood  
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What doest the red vein represent?   Oxygen rich blood  
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Define Aorta   Oxygen rich blood pumped out to the body  
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Oxygen rich blood is *blank* to your organs/tissues   Food  
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What is the Pulmonary Artery?   It is the artery that oxygen poor blood gets pumped to the lungs to pick up oxygen  
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What is ANGINA Pectoris?   Chest pain caused by heart not getting enough oxygen  
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What causes chest pain and cardiac arrest? (name 3)   Clogged Arteries, Blood Clot, and damaged heart tissue  
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What is plaque?   Plaque is made of fat and cholesterol that sticks to the wall of an artery and once its stuck, more plaque builds up easier  
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What is Atherosclerosis?   Medical word to describe the condition of plaque clogging an artery and causing the heart to receive less oxygen  
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Define Blood Clot   When plaque builds up and starts to tear and blood platelets will stick and blocks any blood flow  
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How can heart tissue be    
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If the heart gets less oxygen rich blood, what happens?   It can cause parts of the heart tissue to die  
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What is Myocardial Ischemia?   The heart gets more oxygen than needed wich can cause death of a tissue  
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What is angioplasty?   A balloon wrapped a thin wire is inserted into the artery that has plaque build up and then it is inflated to push the plaque and let blood flow  
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What is a stent?   a wire cage can be placed in the artery to keep it open  
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Define Bypass   An artery from another part of the body attached belo the blockage of the damaged artery and at the aorta so a new path for blood is created  
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What is a heart attack?   When a lack of oxygen to the heart tissue occurs long enough for the heart tissue to die  
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What are the symptoms of a heart attack? (name at least 3)   Pressure in the chest, sweating, chewst pain that last more than 5 minutes, pain in the shoulders, arms, neck, and jaw, nausea, dizziness, and trouble of breathing  
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What do to if they have the heart attack symptoms?   Tell them to not do anything, tell them to stay calm, call 9-1-1, and give them aspirin  
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If they go unconscious...   Do the Cardiac chain of survival  
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What is the cardiac chain of survival (In order)    
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