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HEART ATTACK & STROKE
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Heart Attack
&
Stroke
The Leading Killers
of
Firefighters
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
OBJECTIVES
• To identify the leading cause of LODD for each age
• To describe what heart attacks and strokes are
• To describe the proper way for firefighters to handle
their own symptoms of Heart Attack or Stroke
• To discuss what can be done to reduce this problem
• To review the IAFF/IAFC Wellness-Fitness Initiative
• To identify what each of us as an individual can do
• to describe what we can do as a department to change
our organization’s fitness culture
Funding and support for this project has been provided by the State of Washington, Department of
Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
REVIEW PRE-COURSE
RESEARCH MATERIAL
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LODD deaths including ages and cause (internet search for this)
Retired firefighter deaths including cause if possible (internet search)
Record your meals for at least three days before class and be honest
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FIREFIGHTER DEATHS
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LEADING CAUSES OF
FIREFIGHTER DEATHS
• Under 20 years of age to 30 are in MVA’s*
• 30 to 40 years of age is blunt force trauma
with Heart Attack and Stroke in second
place
• 40 to 70 years of age is Heart Attack and
Stroke during responses, training and in the
station.
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
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DEATHS BY TYPE OF DUTY
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DEATHS BY INJURY
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CAREER AND VOLUNTEER
DEATHS
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HISTORICAL AXIOMS
• The Three E’s
– Engineering, Educating, Enforcing
• Focus is on things
• The Four Element’s to Changing Culture
– Engineering and Enforcement
– Education and Culture
• Focus is on people
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50% OF LODD’s ARE
ATTRIBUTED TO SCD
1. Of 440 deaths over a 10 year period,
308 (43.5%) had a known heart condition
2. If you start with the number of deaths attributed to
firefighters with a known heart condition, and add
in age, other health conditions, and smoking, that
number accounts for roughly 75% of all firefighter
deaths
3. In 8 to 12 SCD root cause factors are incomplete
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
WHAT IS A HEART ATTACK
A Heart Attack occurs when the blood
flow to a part of the heart is blocked by a
blood clot. If this clot cuts off the blood
flow completely, the part of the heart
muscle supplied by that artery begins to
die.
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WHAT DOES A HEART
ATTACK FEEL LIKE
• Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that
lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It
can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
• Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the
back, neck, jaw or stomach.
• Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort
• Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or
lightheadedness
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WHAT IS A STROKE
An Ischemic Stroke (the most common type) happens when a blood
vessel that feeds the brain gets blocked, usually from a blood clot.
When the blood supply to a part of the brain is shut off, brain cells
will die.
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HOW WOULD I KNOW I WAS
HAVING A STROKE
Face Drooping: Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to
smile.
Arm Weakness: Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms.
Does one arm drift downward?
Speech Difficulty: Is speech slurred, are they unable to speak, or are they hard to
understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like "the sky is blue." Is
the sentence repeated correctly?
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WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I
THINK I MIGHT BE HAVING
A HEART ATTACK OR
STROKE
►Dial 9-1-1 Fast◄
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
HOW DO I PREVENT
HAVING A HEART ATTACK
OR STROKE
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Not smoking
Controlling high blood pressure
Lowering high blood cholesterol
Properly managing diabetes
Not being overweight or obese
Increasing physical activity
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
WELLNESS-FITNESS
INITIATIVE
DIRECTED TO
• Incumbents
• Recruits
• Retirees
• Families
EMPHASIZES
• Fitness
– Physical
– Mental
– Emotional
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
WELLNESS-FITNESS
INITIATIVE
LABOR AND MANAGEMENT WORKING TOGETHER
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Medical Evaluation
Fitness
Rehabilitation
Injury Prevention
Behavioral Health
Data Collection
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
RISK MANAGEMENT
SOLUTIONS
Focus on Health and Wellness
–Fit for duty
–Firefighters should treat their
bodies as athletes do
–Health & wellness, a family value
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
DO THIS, NOT THAT
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GET FOOD HERE, NOT
HERE
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
EAT THIS, NOT THAT
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
PLAN YOUR FUTURE OF
THIS
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
NOT THIS
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THERE ARE SEVERAL
RESOURCES AVAILABLE
TO THE FIRE SERVICE
Wellness Fitness Initiative Home Page
WFC Fire Rescue Wellness Corporation
American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease Page
Local gyms (such as YMCA’s) will often give group rates to fire
departments
Funding and support for this project has been provided by the State of Washington, Department of
Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
REVIEW OF OBJECTIVES
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To identify the leading cause of LODD for each age
To describe what heart attacks and strokes are.
To discuss what can be done to reduce this problem.
To review the IAFF/IAFC Wellness-Fitness Initiative
To identify what each of us as an individual can do
to describe what we can do as a department to change
our organization’s fitness culture
Funding and support for this project has been provided by the State of Washington, Department of
Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
Funding and support for this project has been provided by the State of Washington, Department of
Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
QUESTIONS
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)
Go Live a Long, Happy
and Healthy Life
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Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP)