Dr. Bill Vicars

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Lesson 8

Vocab

ABANDON leave-behind

left

ARTERY = INDEX “Away from heart“

(Memory aid: Both "artery" and "away"

start with the letter "A.")

CHEST

cholesterol PLAQUE

COMMON-(standard-

global)

CONSTRICTION OF ARTERIES

Crisis: TERRIBLE-

HIT-EMEGENCY

DENY

ERRANDS busy doing things

Everybody looking at me

FactorsTHING

INFLUENCEINDEX-list

FLOW-throughblood

vessel

= bandwidth

GREASE gravy

cholesterol

GYM

HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE

HEAD

HEART-BEATING-2h

squeeze-version

Heredityfamily-historyPASS-DOWN-through-time

LOOK-many-look-at

Everybody looking at

me

OXYGEN = "O2"

PALE

PREVENTblock

barrier

PROOF

properREGULAR

appropriaterighteous

QUICK sudden

immediate

SPECIFIC

STRUGGLE

SUMMARIZE ABBREVIATE CONDENSE

TIGHTNESSOF-THE-CHEST

transport-[CARRY]

TRANSFERvs

"FLOW"

VEIN = INDEX "to

heart"

VESSEL-blood

WALK-TO

Lesson 8.A

HEART-ATTACK

CAUSE

CLOT

VESSEL

BRING-to

ENOUGH

OXYGEN

HAPPEN

MAYBE

* 01.

HEART ATTACK what-

MEAN?

Answer:

BLOOD CIRCULATING [INDEX_to]

YOUR HEART PREVENT

*

02.

HEART ATTACK, WHAT

CAUSE?

Answer:

VARIOUS, BUT TEND BLOOD C-L-O-T.

* 03.

BLOOD C-L-O-T CAUSE

HEART ATTACK HOW?

Answer:

BLOOD VESSEL FLOW

CONSTRICT …

… MAYBE "G"-expand,

float to constriction

…

… STUCK PREVENT OXYGEN

YOUR HEART.

* 04.

BLOOD C-L-O-T GOOD WHEN?

Answer:

IF YOU CUT

BLEEDING …

…C-L-O-T "FREEZE" [that spot] PREVENT

BLEED-from.

* 05.

SUPPOSE BLOOD

VESSEL NOT BRING-to

ENOUGH …

OXYGEN YOUR

HEART …

MAYBE HAPPEN WHAT?

Answer:

HEART ATTACK

Review

What is a heart

attack?

What causes a

heart attack?

How can a blood clot cause a heart

attack?

When is clotting of the blood a good thing

What happens if your blood

vessels don’t bring enough

oxygen to your heart?

Lesson 8.B

ARTERY

VEIN

DIFFERENT

BLOOD

PRESSURE

BLOOD-PRESSURE

Above-line

Below-line

SYSTOLIC

DIASTOLIC

* 06.

A-R-T-E-R-Y [shift] V-E-I-N, …

… DIFFERENT WHAT?

Answer:

Arteries move blood away from the heart.

Veins carry blood

toward the heart.

* 07.

BLOOD PRESSURE HAVE …

2 NUMBERS ABOVE-LINE BELOW-LINE

IT ABOVE NAME?

Answer:

systolic

* 08.

BLOOD-PRESSURE

BELOW-LINE IT NAME?

08. Answer: diastolic

* 09.

SYSTOLIC BLOOD-

PRESSURE what-MEAN?

Answer

Systolic blood pressure is when your

heart contracts.

* 10.

DIASTOLIC BLOOD

PRESSURE what-MEAN?

Answer:

Diastolic blood pressure is when your

heart expands.

Review:

What is the difference

between an artery and a

vein

What do we call the blood

pressure reading above

the line?

What do we call the blood

pressure reading below

the line?

What is systolic blood

pressure?

What is diastolic

blood pressure?

Lesson 8.C

EAT proper-

REGULAR

LIMIT SALT

EXERCISE

NOT BECOME

FAT SKINNY, ..

CONTINUE proper-

[REGULAR] WEIGH

AVOID STRESS

CONTROL STRESS

crisisTERRIBLE

EMERGENCY

SPECIFIC

factors

THING

INFLUENCE

non-dominant-

hand-INDEX-list

age-[OLD]

older-[OLD-ER]

gender-[MALE

FEMALE]

caffeine

AFRICAN-AMERICA

N

* 11.

NORMAL BLOOD-

PRESSURE NUMBER WHAT?

Answer:

* 12.

HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE,

PEOPLE THEMSELVES

HIGH RISK WHO?

Answer:

Men until around age 55

By age 75 women are at greater

risk.

* 13.

HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE,

WHAT CAUSE?

Answer: Varies

* 14.

HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE, HOW TAKE-CARE-OF?

Answer: Varies

* 15.

SUPPOSE BLOOD-

PRESSURE 180/110?

ANSWER:

Crisis! Go Hospital

Lesson 8.D

GYM

MEMBER

PREVENT

GREASE

MUCH

OFTEN

DAILY

TEND-to

ERRANDS

* 16.

HEART-ATTACK

SYMPTOMS WHAT(?)

* 17.

HEART-ATTACK,

HOW PREVENT?

* 18.

YOU GYM MEMBER

YOU?

* 19.

YOU EAT GREASE MUCH YOU?

20. DAILY YOU TEND-TO ERRANDS

OFTEN YOU?

Review Vocab

ABANDON leave-behind

left

ARTERY = INDEX "to

heart“

(Memory aid: Both "artery" and "away"

start with the letter "A.")

CHEST

cholesterol PLAQUE

COMMON-(standard-

global)

CONSTRICTION OF ARTERIES

Crisis: TERRIBLE-

HIT-EMEGENCY

DENY

ERRANDS busy doing things

Everybody looking at me

FactorsTHING

INFLUENCEINDEX-list

FLOW-throughblood

vessel

= bandwidth

GREASE gravy

cholesterol

GYM

HAIR RAISING EXPERIENCE

HEAD

HEART-BEATING-2h

squeeze-version

Heredityfamily-historyPASS-DOWN-through-time

LOOK-many-look-at

Everybody looking at

me

OXYGEN = "O2"

PALE

PREVENTblock

barrier

PROOF

properREGULAR

appropriaterighteous

QUICK sudden

immediate

SPECIFIC

STRUGGLE

SUMMARIZE ABBREVIATE CONDENSE

TIGHTNESSOF-THE-CHEST

transport-[CARRY]

TRANSFERvs

"FLOW"

VEIN = INDEX "to

heart"

VESSEL-blood

WALK-TO

Dr. Bill Vicars

Lifeprint.com