WORLD HEART DAY 2022 | Quiz-beatz!

World Heart Day is an opportunity for everyone to stop and consider how best to use heart for humanity, for nature, and for you. Beating Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is something that matters to every beating heart.

Use Heart means to think differently. To make the right decisions. To act with courage. To help others. To engage with this important cause. The heart is the only organ you can hear and feel. It is the first and last sign of life. It is one of the few things with the potential to unite all of us as people.

For Every Heart involves the use of “FOR” and swings the focus from the actions themselves to the beneficiaries of the actions, allowing for wider application of the campaign while also making it more personal. We want World Heart Day messages to reach as many individuals as possible to help achieve cardiovascular health for every heart.

THREE PILLARS – THREE KEY BENEFICIARIES

USE 🖤 FOR HUMANITY

Access to treatment and support for CVD varies widely across the world. Over 75% of CVD deaths occur in low-to middle-income countries, but access can be an issue anywhere. By getting involved with global events such as World Heart Day as well as local activities, we are empowered to spread awareness and help make a difference in the lives of all humankind.

USE 🖤 FOR NATURE

Air pollution is responsible for 25% of all CVD deaths, taking the lives of 7 million people every year. Whether they are more immediate actions like walking or cycling instead of travelling by car, or longer-term efforts such as supporting clean air legislation, each of us can contribute to a healthier planet in our own way.

USE 🖤 FOR YOU

Psychological stress can double the risk of having a heart attack. Exercise, mediation, and getting enough quality sleep help to lower stress levels.  By resisting the harmful coping mechanisms and bad habits induced by stress, we can maximise our individual heart health.

Some interesting facts about HEART:

• The average heart is the size of a fist in an adult.
• The heart begins beating at four weeks after conception and does not stop until death.
• A heart will beat about 115,000 times each day.
• The foetal heart rate is approximately twice as fast as an adult’s, at about 150 beats per minute. By the time a foetus is 12 weeks old, its heart pumps an amazing 60 pints of blood a day.
• During an average lifetime, the heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood.

• A woman’s heart beats slightly faster than a man’s heart.
• The beating sound of the heart is caused by the valves of the heart opening and closing.
• Prolonged lack of sleep can cause irregular jumping heartbeats called premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).
• A heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day.
• The heart pumps blood to almost all of the body’s 75 trillion cells. Only the corneas receive no blood supply.
• Five percent of blood supplies the heart, 15-20% goes to the brain and central nervous system, and 22% goes to the kidneys.

• “Atrium” is Latin for “entrance hall,” and “ventricle” is Latin for “little belly.”
• The right atrium holds about 3.5 tablespoons of blood. The right ventricle holds slightly more than a quarter cup of blood. The left atrium holds the same amount of blood as the right, but its walls are three times thicker.
• The heart pumps oxygenated blood through the aorta (the largest artery) at about 1 mile (1.6 km) per hour. By the time blood reaches the capillaries, it is moving at around 43 inches (109 cm) per hour.
• An electrical system controls the rhythm of the heart. It’s called the cardiac conduction system.
• Every day, the heart creates enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles. In a lifetime, that is equivalent to driving to the moon and back.
• Because the heart has its own electrical impulse, it can continue to beat even when disconnected from the body, as long as it has an adequate supply of oxygen.
• The heart does the most physical work of any muscle during a lifetime. The power output of the heart ranges from 1-5 watts. While the quadriceps can produce 100 watts for a few minutes, an output of one watt for 80 years is equal to 2.5 gigajoules.

• Blood is actually a tissue. When the body is at rest, it takes only six seconds for the blood to go from the heart to the lungs and back, only eight seconds for it to go the brain and back, and only 16 seconds for it to reach the toes and travel all the way back to the heart.
• The first open-heart surgery occurred in 1893. It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, who was one of the few black cardiologists in the United States at the time.
• The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it. Larsson died at 86 of a disease that was unrelated to his heart.
• The youngest person to undergo heart surgery was only a minute old. She had a heart defect that many babies don’t survive. Her surgery was successful, but she’ll eventually needed a heart transplant.
• The earliest known case of heart disease was identified in the remains of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy.

• The fairy fly, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature.
• The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal, but it has the fastest heartbeat at 1,200 beats per minute.
• Whales have the largest heart of any mammal.
• The giraffe has a lopsided heart, with their left ventricle being thicker than the right. This is because the left side has to get blood up the giraffe’s long neck to reach their brain.
• The human heart weighs less than 1 pound. However, a man’s heart, on average, is 2 ounces heavier than a woman’s heart.
• A new-born baby has about one cup of blood in circulation. An adult human has about four to five quarts which the heart pumps to all the tissues and to and from the lungs in about one minute while beating 75 times.
• The pressure a human heart generates is strong enough to squirt blood thirty feet across a room.
• The iconic heart shape as a symbol of love is traditionally thought to come from the silphium plant, which was used as an ancient form of birth control.
• If the blood vessel system was to stretch out, it would extend over 60,000 miles.
• Though weighing only 11 ounces on average, a healthy heart pumps 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels each day.
• A kitchen faucet would need to be turned on all the way for at least 45 years to equal the amount of blood pumped by the heart in an average lifetime.
• Heart cells stop dividing, which means heart cancer is extremely rare.
• Laughing is good for heart. It reduces stress and gives a boost to the immune system.