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Lawrence, the president of Downing Digital Healthcare Partners said, “Customers just aren’t aware of the prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest.” Each year in the United States over 424,000 victims are being affected all ages, in Hawaii, Native Hawaiians are 1.7 times (over 70%) more likely to die from heart disease than other race. To prevent this from happening to all citizens, CFL (Certification for Life) wants to increase funding for more access to an AED. Our goal as the CFL is to train citizen into having the knowledge of an AED, improve access of an AED and fund for classes and training for students and staff on campus to have the knowledge react when an emergency happen. By doing so, we do hope the percentage of deaths from cardiovascular…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Categorization of traumatic heart disease is based on mechanism of injury (i.e., penetrating, nonpenetrating [blunt], iatrogenic, metabolic, and other) (Table ) . PENETRATING CARDIAC TRAUMA Penetrating trauma is the most common cause of significant cardiac injury seen in the hospital setting, with the predominant injury being from guns and knives. Penetrating cardiac trauma is secondary to stab wounds in 35 to 96 percent of patients…

respond to exercise, specifically how long they can work and how efficiently they work. We predicted that females who exercise will have a higher relative-VO2, higher a-vO2-difference, higher stroke volume(SV) and higher cardiac output(CO) at their peak work rate; than individuals who do not exercise. In addition, we predict that females who exercise their heart rate(HR) will be lower before and after exercise than in females who do not exercise. These subjects performed high intensity exercises…

Introduction Some people believe that we have only one type of muscle in our bodies that help us with all different types of tasks, however; not only do our bodies have different muscle types, they also contain different muscle fibers that are used for different activities. Skeletal muscle contain three types of muscle fibers: slow twitch, fast twitch oxidative, and fast twitch glycolytic. Most muscles in our bodies have different combinations of these muscle fibers, although our body recruits…

al. study. Patients in the other experimental group would receive three 30-minute intervention sessions and three 30-minute exercise sessions. In the intervention sessions, the same structure from the 2002 study should be followed. Patients should receive counseling on the pathophysiology, causes of their disease, how to manage it, lifestyle change plans, symptoms of their disease, and concerns about returning home. Then the patients should participate in a structured exercise routine. The…

waddling gait, difficulty with running, jumping and climbing stairs. In addition children with DMD fall frequently as they are running and they use a characteristic way to get up from the floor. They first kneel putting their hands on the floor and then lift the upper body by using their hands to “climb up” their thighs in order to change from squatting to an erect position. This is a medical sign called ‘’Gowers’ maneuver’’ indicating a loss of muscle strength in lower limb muscles and can be…

provided, and answer the questions. Please note that your answers should be concise, to the point, and include brief explanation. Part A: Scenario: You are a fitness coach and are instructing a personal fitness training session for an athlete in a gym. The session involves cardiovascular and resistance training. Questions: 1. You noticed that heart rate increased immediately before exercise (above resting levels). Why is this the case? Heart rate may increase before the start of any…

For instance, cardiac muscle tissues which are only found in the heart are striated with one nucleus per cell. They are involuntary muscles and they have intercalated discs which allow the heart to contract. Like cardiac muscle tissues, skeletal muscle tissues are composed of striated tissues. However, they contain multiple nuclei and are usually connected to either or both extremities with a bone serve to move bones and the body. They are voluntary muscles which contain a lot of mitochondria.…

The Cardiac Cycle The cardiac cycle is the sequence of events that occur in the heart during one heart beat. It is how the heart operates, and what exactly happens when it contracts and relaxes. The heart is equipped with four chambers and one-way valves that work with precision to pump blood to and from the body. The heart regulates blood volume to support efficient circulation to the cells, tissues, organs, and systems. It provides oxygen and nutrients to the bodies tissue while also…

Scientists have also tried to use exon skipping so that portions of the genetic code are “skipped” and partially functional dystrophin can result (“Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”, 2016). Other research studies include driving muscle growth through myostatin inhibitors because myostatin is a protein that limits muscle growth, accelerating muscle repair through stem cell transplantation, compensate the lack of dystrophin with another protein named utrophin, the exploration in anti-inflammatory…