LA:B- health and wellbeing- interpreting health indicators. Flashcards
learning aim B.
what are the two types of indicators?
physiological and lifestyle.
how can you moniter health and prevent illness?
regularily checking, health screening, vacciantions, national healthy schools programme.
how can reguliarily checking help moniter health?
detetct any problems, deal with it quickly.
how can health screening help moniter health?
checking our bodies regualrily.
how can national healthys chools programme help illness prevention?
- knowledge.
- school dinners.
- opportunities to exercise.
- supportive environments.
how can vaccinations help prevent illness?
fight infectious disease.
how can you asess physiological indicators?
- can be measured using pieces of equipment.
- can be observed by looking at the service user.
what are some examples of observable indicators?
- pale, flushed, sweating, breathlessness, limping, behaving odly, rash/ bump, twitching and swelling.
what are some measurable indicators? what are the ones needed in life then for the exams?
needed: pulse/ heart rate.
blood pressure.
body mass index (BMI.)
- peak flow.
- loiver function.
- cholestrol levels.
- temeprature.
what is a pulse rate?
number of times your heart beats per minuite to pump bood around the body to organs and provide them with oxygen, nutrients and to remove carbon dioxide gas.
what is the average resting pulse rate for an adult?
60-100 bpm.
what is the average resting pulse rate for an athlete?
40-60 bpm.
why is an athletes resting heart rate lower than an average adults?
- heart is bigger and stronger.
- more efficient.
- more blood can be pumped in one beat.
why might someone have a high pulse rate?
less efficient heart at pumping blood and has to work harder, able to pump less blood in one beat.
what are the symptoms of a high resting pulse rate?
- chest pain, fainting, dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea and heart palpatations.
