Heart Health | Cardiac Services | Kishwaukee Community Hospital

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From education and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare, Cardiac Services at Kishwaukee Community Hospital can help you with heart-related conditions. You can have confidence that you are receiving the utmost quality of health care, in a premier facility right here in our own community.

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Screenings include a blood draw for cholesterol and blood sugar levels, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), body fat and waist measurement.

Controllable Risk Factors of Heart Disease

Smoking

High LDL, or "bad" cholesterol and low HDL, or "good" cholesterol

Uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure)

Physical inactivity

Obesity (more than 20% over one's ideal body weight)

Uncontrolled diabetes

High C-reactive protein

Uncontrolled stress and anger

"Heart Disease." WebMD

Facts About Heart Disease

102 million U.S. adults have high cholesterol.
"Cholesterol Statistics." American Heart Association

Solution: For many people, making changes to their lifestyle—eating better, losing weight, and exercising—will be enough to lower cholesterol. Others may benefit from medicines. Often, a combination of these approaches is the right choice.

1/3 of adult women have cardiovascular disease.
"Women and Cardiovascular Diseases—Statistics 2009." American Heart Association

Solution: Research shows that people can lower their risk for cardiovascular disease enormously -- by as much as 82 percent -- simply by adopting sensible health habits, regardless of age, background, or health status.

#1 cause of death for men and women in the United States is heart disease.
"February is Heart Health Month." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Solution: 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart disease: Don't smoke or use tobacco products, get active, eat a heart-healthy diet, maintain a healthy weight, and get regular health screenings.

42,500 Illinois residents die of heart disease each year.
The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity in the State of Illinois. Illinois Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Task Force

Solution: 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart disease: Don't smoke or use tobacco products, get active, eat a heart-healthy diet, maintain a healthy weight, and get regular health screenings.

33% of Americans have a heart disease risk factor.
Heart Disease and Stroke: The Nation’s Leading Killers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Solution: Exactly when do you go from having risk factors to having heart disease? The first step is getting a doctor's exam.

64% of women who died suddenly of heart disease had no previous symptoms.
Lifeline Screening. “Health Facts About Heart Disease”

Solution: For many people, making changes to their lifestyle—eating better, losing weight, and exercising—will be enough to lower cholesterol. Others may benefit from medicines. Often, a combination of these approaches is the right choice.

2,600 Americans die every day from cardiovascular diseases.
“Disease Awareness Program.” Quest Diagnostics

Solution: Exactly when do you go from having risk factors to having heart disease? The first step is getting a doctor's exam.

1.5 Million heart attacks occur in the United States each year.
“Heart Attack Facts.” Women’s Heart Foundation

Solution: Manage stress and anger. Poorly controlled stress and anger can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Use stress and anger management techniques to lower your risk.

CPR & Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Fact Sheet

(As of April 26, 2010)

EMS treats nearly 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year in the U.S.
Less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive.
Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.

"CPR Statistics" American Heart Association