Nearly half of the incidents attended by the Devon Air Ambulance are for medical conditions such as strokes or heart attacks. These can happen anywhere or at anytime. It is important that anyone suffering from a heart attack or stroke receives hospital treatment as soon as possible. Air Ambulance paramedics measure the blood pressure of the patient and treat them at the scene before they are flown to the nearest hospital.
1. Write down two factors that can increase the risk of heart disease. 1. ________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ 2. Finish the sentences. Two blood pressure measurements are taken. These are known as the __________________ pressure and the __________________ pressure. The units for measuring blood pressure are __________________. 3. Explain why blood in the arteries is under pressure. __________________________________________________________ 4. Write down two factors that can reduce the risk of high blood pressure. 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________
5. Explain how smoking causes an increase in blood pressure. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 6. The graph shows information about the number of deaths from heart disease between 1993 and 2007 in the UK. deaths from heart disease aged under 75 250 200 deaths per 150 10 000 of population 100
male female
50 0 1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
year
(a) How many males, under 75, died from heart disease in 2002? ___________________________________________________________ (b) In which year did 250 adults per 10 000 of the population under 75 die from heart disease? _______________________________________ (c) What trends are shown by the graphs? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________