Your Amazing Heart Fun Facts About Your Heart By Melo-Dee Collins, MSN, MSM, NP-BC Care YOUR Heart TAKE wall sockets. Today. a pacemaker is about the size of a 50-cent piece and works lÜke a computer. sending data to your doctor around the clock Your heart is an amazing muscle. It is the size of your fist. It grows with you and it can continue to strengthen even after the rest of your body has finished growing The use of CPR dates all the way back to 1740. yet even today, most people in the United States don't know how to perform it Over an average lifetime, your heart beats about 25 billion times Your heart pumps about 2.000 gallons of blood through 60.000 miles of blood vessels every day. Your amazing heart loves it when you laugh A good laugh sends 20% more blood through your body. Your heart pumps blood to almost all of the body's 75 trillion cells. Only the corneas receive no blood supply. Who has the biggest heart? A blue whale's heart can weigh 1,500 pounds. Take care of your heart. In spite of everything we know about heart disease, it is still the number one killer of men and women in the United Stanes. The American Heart Association recommends beginning heart discase pervention carly in life. Start by aseninR your risk factoes and keeping them low, The sooner you know and manage your risk factors, the better your chances of living a long heart-heahhy ife. A newbom baby has about one cup of blood in circulation. An aduit has about four to five quarts Your heart doesn't stop beating when you sneeze, but a sneeze can briefly change its rhythm. Blood makes up 7% of your weight. Risk factors for heart discase that you can control include high blood presure, diabetes, high choleiterol, smoking. Your heart pumps blood from the top of your head to the tips of your toes and back to your heart in about 20 seconds. If you are exercising, it takes only 10 seconds. lack of regular exercise, obesity and stress. Talk to your healtheare provider about ways you can lower your eisk. February is National Heart Health month. There is no time like the present Soane ww.bart.ag to take steps to care for your amazing heart! The first heart pacemakers plugged into MGH CARDIOVASCULAR & PULMONARY SERVICES PRESENT MGH Heart +LungHealth community education CLASSES FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 765.660.6050 AND VISIT www.mgh.net CLICK ON EVENTS FOR COMPLETE SCHEDULE FREE education offered each WEDNESDAY 8-9AM or 2-3 PM MGH heoth BEAT PLACE: 330 N. WABASH AVE. DIABETES EDUCATION CLASSROOM (GROUND FLOOR) Your Amazing Heart Fun Facts About Your Heart By Melo-Dee Collins, MSN, MSM, NP-BC Care YOUR Heart TAKE wall sockets. Today. a pacemaker is about the size of a 50-cent piece and works lÜke a computer. sending data to your doctor around the clock Your heart is an amazing muscle. It is the size of your fist. It grows with you and it can continue to strengthen even after the rest of your body has finished growing The use of CPR dates all the way back to 1740. yet even today, most people in the United States don't know how to perform it Over an average lifetime, your heart beats about 25 billion times Your heart pumps about 2.000 gallons of blood through 60.000 miles of blood vessels every day. Your amazing heart loves it when you laugh A good laugh sends 20% more blood through your body. Your heart pumps blood to almost all of the body's 75 trillion cells. Only the corneas receive no blood supply. Who has the biggest heart? A blue whale's heart can weigh 1,500 pounds. Take care of your heart. In spite of everything we know about heart disease, it is still the number one killer of men and women in the United Stanes. The American Heart Association recommends beginning heart discase pervention carly in life. Start by aseninR your risk factoes and keeping them low, The sooner you know and manage your risk factors, the better your chances of living a long heart-heahhy ife. A newbom baby has about one cup of blood in circulation. An aduit has about four to five quarts Your heart doesn't stop beating when you sneeze, but a sneeze can briefly change its rhythm. Blood makes up 7% of your weight. Risk factors for heart discase that you can control include high blood presure, diabetes, high choleiterol, smoking. Your heart pumps blood from the top of your head to the tips of your toes and back to your heart in about 20 seconds. If you are exercising, it takes only 10 seconds. lack of regular exercise, obesity and stress. Talk to your healtheare provider about ways you can lower your eisk. February is National Heart Health month. There is no time like the present Soane ww.bart.ag to take steps to care for your amazing heart! The first heart pacemakers plugged into MGH CARDIOVASCULAR & PULMONARY SERVICES PRESENT MGH Heart +LungHealth community education CLASSES FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 765.660.6050 AND VISIT www.mgh.net CLICK ON EVENTS FOR COMPLETE SCHEDULE FREE education offered each WEDNESDAY 8-9AM or 2-3 PM MGH heoth BEAT PLACE: 330 N. WABASH AVE. DIABETES EDUCATION CLASSROOM (GROUND FLOOR)