British Heart Foundation

Reflection Journal #2: Clarke County Mentor Program The Clarke County Mentor Program is a mentor program that was established in March of 1991 as a joint initiative of the Athens Clarke County School District and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce in order to provide mentors to local students between grades K-12. The program allows mentors to visit mentees during the school hours for about one hour, once a week, for at least an entire year. The mentors are not encouraged to provide academic…

My interest in the becoming a HLT mentor stems mainly from being connected to strong mentors throughout the Honors curriculum. Each of my HLT mentors contributed greatly to my success at Kelley, and I feel obligated and would welcome the opportunity to give back to the Kelley Honor’s class below me. My first mentor, Will Colling, was actually the sole reason I landed a sophomore internship at a private equity firm. This internship helped me considerably during my search for a junior year…

Wikipedia is known for being a rich source for information on thousands of topic. Due to its open source format, pages consist of information from a medley of sources. With that, some information is lost from each specific source, as not all the contents of each source can be included on a page. For my investigation, I looked at Wikipedia’s page for Cattle. I have always been interested in the animal, as cows are my favorite, but I never took the time to actually learn about it. When I was…

hear about. Everyone has a heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout our bodies through veins, arteries and capillaries. These blood vessels supply our other major organs and tissue with oxygen and carries away the carbon dioxide and waste. Image from university of Nottingham, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/practice/resources/cardiology/function/anatomy.php Angina is a pain or discomfort and tightness in the chest and is usually caused by coronary Heart disease. There are…

The heart is the most important muscular organ in the human anatomy. It is located in the thoracic cavity medial to the lungs and posterior to the sternum. Its function is to pump the deoxygenated blood within the veins to the lungs for oxygen before pumping it to the rest of the body’s organs. Every cell in the body needs oxygen, without the oxygen, the cells will die. The heart works by following a sequence of electrical signals that cause the muscles in each chamber to contract in a specific…

emergency that will cause future critical symptoms. These can involve sudden and intense pain in areas of the abdomen, dizziness, falling levels of blood pressure, rapid pulse, and loss of breath. 5.) Treatment(s): Source: British Heart Foundation. "All about Aortic Aneurysm." Heart Matters May 2010: page 12. Print What are the newest treatments?…

year 2012. This accounts for 31% of all deaths occurred worldwide. In the United Kingdom, around 155,000 deaths are recorded each year due to CVDs. An average of 425 individuals suffer from CVDs and death occurs once every three minutes (British Heart Foundation, 2015). On the other hand, respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma had taken lesser amount of victims each year. Globally, less than 3 million people are…

and 26% in women according to the British Heart Foundation in 2014 2. However, whilst these figures seem large, it is worth noting that age-standardised death rates from cardiovascular disease have plummeted significantly since 1969 and are possibly indicative of better treatment, lifestyle choices…

performing exercise with a heart rate monitor and a sphygmomanometer. She completed this experiment during a spin class within a controlled environment and on a fixed spin bike. Findings: BPM Before exercise 96 Average heart rate during exercise 142 Maximum heart rate during exercise 174 1 minute after exercise 98 Blood Pressure Before exercise 119/78 1 minute after exercise 126/76 Evaluation: Before exercise, Andrea’s heart rate was at the high end of a normal heart rate for a healthy…

“Aerobic conditioning activities such as running, rowing and walking along with resistance strength training exercises have been shown to be inversely associated with the risk of coronary heart disease.” (WCPT organization). The intersection between aging and cardiovascular disease is very important. The average lifespan of person increases. Human beings 65 or older are at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. Within this age group cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. The…