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Emergency Preparedness
New emergency preparedness study findings recently were reported by researchers at Harvard University
February 10th, 2009
"Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Increased risk begins in the prehypertensive range and increases further with higher pressures," researchers in the United States report. "The strenuous duties of emergency responders (firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel) can interact with their personal risk profiles, including elevated blood pressure, to precipitate acute cardiovascular events. Approximately three-quarters of emergency responders have prehypertension or hypertension, a proportion which is expected to increase, based on the obesity epidemic. Elevated blood pressure is...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-10)
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