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Health, Safety and Welfare
ORIGIN AND PURPOSE
- Health, Safety and Welfare Committee formed in April 2007.
- Mission statement: To provide health promotion, training and education, and membership welfare to all members of the K-W Oldtimers' Hockey Club Inc.
- 3 Pillars of Focus:
1. TRAINING
- A.E.D. training
- CPR training
2. HEALTH PROMOTION
- Provide website links regarding health and safety issues.
- Create wellness culture.
- Investigate implementation of heart stress testing.
- Emergency and other training for league Captains.
- Investigate conditioning camps.
- Investigate mechanisms for the distribution of information, i.e.: website, newsletter, e-mail.
- Investigate the use of first aid volunteers for games and tournaments.
3. WELFARE
- The league will make a donation in memory of a player or a players immediate family who passes away
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS SAVE LIVES
Where are they located?
AUDITORIUM - both sides of the ice surface: on wall beside dressing room 15 and 4
RIM PARK - On the wall by the registration/information desk just inside the main arena entrance.
KINSMEN/KIWANIS ARENA - On the wall near the elevator at ice level between the two rinks.
SPORTSWORLD ARENA - very end of the dressing room hallway, on the wall beside dressing room #9.
CONESTOGA COLLEGE - At the Front Entrance (Key Room).
FIRST AID KITS
First aid kits are available at every game and are with the timekeepers or team captains
TRAINING
First Aid, CPR, AED Contact your Health & Safety committee for details. See your handbook
HEART MATTERS Q & A
Dr.Evans: Re your excellent article Oct.5 on above, I have some questions which I would ask you to respond to.
-is there any way[s] that the average person[with no symptons] can confirm that he or she may have arterial blockage without going through a hospital procedure eg angiogram etc?
Possibly a stress test. They put you on a treadmill and attach electrodes to your heart and see if supply can keep up with demand. Can do with chemicals in some as too obese or otherwise unwell to do activity. Not a perfectly accurate test but less invasive.
-if a person has no known cardiovascular issues[high blood pressure,diabetes,high cholestorol level etc],isn't overweight,doesn't drink or smoke,can he or she still have arterial blockage that could cause a heart attack or stroke?
Unfortunately yes. But this does not mean we need to investigate everybody.
-can high blood pressure cause arterial blockage? If so,how?
It shears cholesterol off vessel walls and takes it frther downstream where the river is thinner..Also high BP makes your heart work harder as it is pumping against a higher pressure system. This makes your heart bigger and stiffer (like Arnold shwartzenegger). With the heart we don't want Arnold, we want Abebe Bikila (the long distance runner)
-can high levels of stress cause arterial blockage? If so,how?
Yes it can. Depression can triple your risk of heart attack. We don't totally understand.. possible neiro-hormone related and stress can make your arteries "twitchier". Also-in the case of angina, stress simply increases your heart rate which can tip you into symptoms.
-does most arterial blockage occur near the heart? If so,why?
No can happen anywhere there are arteries and muscles. Just that your heart is your most important muscle (some would argue the brain)
-is clearing the blockage with an angioplasty and stent more efffective and superior to a bypass? If so,why?
Tough one. Not more effective and you have to usually repeat more often but less invasive. For people who have one or two bad arteries probably preferable. Also good evidence that graded exercise very effective for single vessel disease.
-what are the chances of the bypass clogging after the procedure[assuming the person has followed doctor's orders 100% after the operation] ie what is average number of number of years before clogging could start to occur?
Most benefit. Not sure the exact failure rate but I think about 20% and increases w time. More if just get angioplasty or stent,.10 years or so brings you back to pre-risk but in some has longer lasting maybe die to lifestyle
-of all the factors that cause arterial blockage, what is the #1 factor and the one you are concerned about most?
Sedentary.
-is there any foods, liquids, non-prescriptive pills, tablets, special diets etc that are effective in aiding the self-cleansing process of the arteries? If there are, could they possibly clear minor clogging of the arteries eg 10 to 40% clogging over a period of time?
Short answer. Aspirin, colourful vegetables, Mediterranean diet.daily activity- walking.Positive outlook.
-if you were to recommend the very best book on the heart and related issues for the average person, what would it be?
Not sure maybe heart for dummies and "love in the time of cholesterol" for more of a story.
More articles on health and hockey can be found on the following web sites:
Healthy Heart Hockey Tips
http://ottawa.ca/residents/health/living/activity/adults/heart_hockey_en.html
Play Safe Tips for the Senior Hockey Player
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/Page.asp?PageID=1613&ContentID=10605&ContentTypeID=1
Preventing athletic injuries: Tips for weekend warriors
https://www.healthforums.com/library/1,1258,article~10530,00.html
CBC News: Weekend hockey players at risk for heart attack: study
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2002/02/04/hockeyheart020204.html
CAHRA - Fit for Hockey Program
http://www.carha.ca/index.cfm?action=Membership.FFH
http://www.carha.ca/index.cfm?action=news.sfpf
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