The American Heart Association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
And welcome in. This is a public affairs program shedding
the light on the interest, issues and concerns of the
greater Pittsburgh Aaria, Good morning. My name is Johnny Heartwell.
Your host got a couple of friends in studio. Karen
Kolber of the Heart Association.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good to see you, Ky, now, it's good to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
And Lisa Hopkins. This is our first time meeting, but
she's a longtime Heartwalk volunteer and stroke advocate at Encompass Health.
Good morning to you. Good morning all right, So we're
going to talk. We're going to focus on stroke this morning,
and so I'm going to be asking you a lot
of questions, but I'm going to start with my old
friend Karen over here. So you do you have a
date for the Heartwalk here.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
We are so excited to announce that we will be
in a new location this year, Heartwood Acres on October fourth.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Heart Association at Heartwood Acres with Johnny Hartwell. That's right
with iHeartRadio, Amazing all tied into one.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a heartfest.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
So let me tell you and let me ask you.
How did last year's heart walk go?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Wit Well, I mean you helped make it. The weather
was cooperative, The weather was great. We had over three
thousand walkers. We had our National Heartwalk youth ambassador who
you met, Sebastian, he was there and his family. It
was a great time. It was a great time. But
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because of the draft, we needed to move to another location,
which we're excited about the draft as a side note,
and we really are excited to be at Heartwait Acres.
I think it's just going to be a really different
and exciting time for us there.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Well, I've got a thousand questions for you, but we're
going to focus on Lisa right now. So what do
you do? You're a stroke advocate for and Compass Health,
So tell me exactly what you do. Tell me about yourself.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Sure, thank you.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
I am an occupational therapist by background, so I've been
working with patients who suffers for well over thirty years.
But then I've transitioned and I'm now into the business
development director job at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Suickly.
So my job is to assess patients who have a
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stroke and see if they're able to participate and qualify
for our certified stroke program.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Well, speaking of strokes, like three years ago, I was
interviewing Karen and some of the folks at the Heart
Association and we started talking about high blood pressure and
I was like, hmm, I should check my blood pressure.
And it was way high. It was like it was
like one seventy over one ten or something like that.
It was through the roof.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
So that's one of the biggest risk factors for a stroke.
So I'm glad you were able to chat.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So not everybody has a Karen Kolbert to help. Yes, well,
well we're spreading Karen's love, okay Forrold Pittsburgh. We're telling everybody,
if you haven't checked your blood pressure in a while,
yes you probably ought to do that. And so, like clockwork,
I check my blood blood pressure every morning before I
go to work. Good for you, I don't check it
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after work, because you.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Know what I do.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Use that story and that that is a true story,
and that's why programs like this and organizations like iHeartRadio
are so valuable to us to get that awareness out.
It's huge that it's a funny story, but it's a
really serious story.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Johnny.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean when you tell me that, I do kind of,
you know, get a little emotional because I mean that's huge.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It's the silent.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Killer, it is. And you know, I had I had
the red flags. You know, I would have the headaches
and occasional nosebleeds, but I you know, for the most part,
I just felt like like there was normal. And it
wasn't until I realized that I had severe hypertension that
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I was like, oh, I need to be on some
sort of medication. So and so things are a lot better.
You know, It's something that I have to manage every
single day. But you know, hypertension and high blood pressure
is a significant you know, it causes a lot of strokes,
doesn't that it does.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
It is a risk factor for sure. There are things
we can control. There are things that we can't control,
but the high blood pressure is something that we can control.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What are some things that we can't control.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Well, unfortunately, we can't control our increasing age. We're all
getting older, not.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Me, No, that's another Yeah. I got on blood pressure
medicine and Karen made me younger. Okay, well, you know
you're sitting next to a wonder woman. I mean, the
bottom of.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Youth is in my presence, not you know, control our age. Yeah,
we can't control our race. We can't control our family history.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
We you know you said that because you know, my
family didn't really have a history of high blood pressure,
so you know, I wasn't aware of that. And then
when I was a I went to the doctor and
found out I had high pleasure. That's certainly something that
I mean. In fact, it was probably six or seven
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months later later I was talking to my sons. I
have three boys, and none of them knew that I
had high blood pressure, and they were like, we didn't
know that.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
You know, the sheer fact that what time do you
get up in the morning at three am? Okay, what
time do you go to bed at night?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
I go to bed early, about seven o'clock, seven thirty.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
But when you think about this is a high stressful job.
It's a wonderful job. I love radio, I love you all,
but this is a high stressful job. I mean, you
were constantly working, You're out doing gigs at night. You
probably don't eat as well as you should. We all
are guilty of that. So there are so many elements.
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So when you said that you had high blood pressure,
I am not surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
And I probably drink way too much coffee. And you're right, Yeah,
I don't watch the food that I do now, right,
And I probably should do a better job of watching
some of the things that I eat. But you know,
I'm trying. At least I'm aware that I know that
there's certain food that is going.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
To That's the key. That's the key, just that awareness.
And that's why I feel like a broken record, because honestly,
I've been at the American Heart Association for twenty years
and I don't know because I came from the media background,
I don't know if I would know everything that I know.
I know, I wouldn't know everything that I know about
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heart and heart healthy living if I didn't. So that's
why I'm just so glad that we're here today.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Well, we're going to talk more about that, but let's
start at the beginning. Lisa, what is a stroke?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
So we kind of think of it as a as
an injury to the brain, you know, A loss of
supply of that oxygen to the brain is a direct
result of a clot or what we call a heemorrhagic stroke,
you know, So that is the one that instead of
it being a clot that disrupts your supply, it's a
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rupture and so both of those can cause significant damage.
And time is brain, which is what we say, and
that's why we have to act fast.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 5 (07:29):
For all the time, anytime that you spend maybe ignoring
the symptoms, ignoring the first signs of a stroke, you
know that time is critical to get down to a hospital,
to a place that they can assess for what is
happening and what you need to do to help prevent
any secondary injury or complications to occur.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
All right, tell us a little bit more about what
are what are some of those risk factors? What are what? Yes,
what are those things that indicate that may be somebody's
having a stroke.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Sure, and the American Heart Association is great with this too,
because we started this acronym fast in order for people
to understand. First of all, you got to move fast.
But every single one of those letters means something. So
f face if you notice a facial droop, if you
notice that your smile is crooked, if you notice just
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a change in you know what your face looks like
in the mirror. A arms If you raise your arm
up and maybe you have a lag, one's going up
higher than the other, or you can't even move your
arm s speech. Your speech becomes garbled. Your speech becomes
just nonsense, yes, leur nonsensical A tea, Well, we'll eliminate
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the s for you and then tea is time. Time
is brain. So you know, do not take your time,
move quickly. It's rather it's just better to be safe
rather than sorry. Even if it's not a stroke, it's
better to get yourself down to the emergency room.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
All right, So fast f as in face yes, a
as an arm. Now, let me ask you, you know
they you know it used to be that if you
were having pain in your arm. Is that still an
indication that something's wrong with either your heart or you
know something stroke?
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Maybe warning signs? You know, that is a common warning sign.
The issue that we have is that is not always
a clear indicator, especially for women. So men tend to
have that arm. Oh my arm feels funny, it feels
you know, painful. Maybe I have just this sharp shooting
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pain from my arm to my chest. But when you
ask a woman that question, she may not have that
at all.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Really, you know what's funny is that, you know, women,
you get the short end of everything. Really, do so
face fast, fast face. We've talked about arms and then
s as in what was the sea speech? So if
you're slurring your speech or you fine, you're having difficulty speaking,
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and tea as in time yes, So what you said time.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Is called yes time to call nine one.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
So how like, for example, you know high blood pressure,
realized that you know, that's kind of an indication that
maybe you know I'm in high risk of having a stroke.
But you also mentioned race, and so let's talk a
little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Sure, Sure, at the African American population is a higher
risk of having a stroke. And so just that general
awareness and getting out and educating the public of that
exact fact is key because again, some of these things
you may just disregard other risk factors that we can control,
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Like you said high blood pressure, but also diabetes, atrial fibrillation.
These are all things that we can help modify or
control through medication and lifestyle management. So the general population,
the African American population is.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
At higher risk for those three diseases. All right, we
mentioned you know the risk fast, what are other risk
factors are there? Sure?
Speaker 5 (11:28):
High cholesterol, physical inactivity, so a lot of couch potatoes,
a lot of laying around, is probably going to increase
your risk of stroke.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
That's another thing that I right after I found out
I had high blood pressure, I immediately went to a
personal trainer. I'm still sore from yesterday from Dave and
what he put me through. But you're right, that's important
to recognize and it doesn't take a You don't have
to get a personal trainer. Just getting off the couch.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Just move, move more, you know, that's what we say,
Just move, Just get up and do something. The American
Heart Association recommends at least adults at least thirty minutes
most days.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
We don't even.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Say a whole week. Most days of the week. You
just get up and do something. Yeah, just a walk,
walk the dog or something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
It's very Most adults in the US don't know that
stroke warning signs. A stroke is largely treatable if you
call nine to one one as soon as possible. But
you know, once somebody has had a stroke, are they
more apt to have additional strokes?
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Unfortunately, Yes, if you have a stroke, you're at higher
risk of having another stroke. Some research shows up to
fifty percent of a higher risk of developing a second stroke.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Now, the same advice for those individuals who've had a stroke,
is they you know, they still have to exercise, and
they have to watch what they eat and things like.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
That very much so and really managing their lifestyle because,
especially if they have physical issues from the stroke, it
might be more difficult for them to now exercise, to
now move and move around in a good enough position
and at enough of a pace to have a benefit.
Just reducing though even any part of the risk is
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going to help them avoid that second stroke.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Now, tell me more about that, like what do what
do you recommend?
Speaker 5 (13:34):
So therapy is almost always part of the program after
a stroke that has impacted you significantly, whether that's physically, emotionally, communication, cognition.
You're talking about whole bunches of areas where a stroke
can impact you. So what do you do after you
have a stroke, Well, you end up having some type
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of rehabilitation. Most often we get you know, the rehab
will get you at the highest functional level, hopefully back
to baseline, but at times that is not the case.
So your family, your support system very important for you,
so that way you can be helped and guided to
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get and be as functional as you possibly can to
avoid that second stroke.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
We talked a little bit about high pertension, talk about
race and what about the family history? Is that is
that a factor as well?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
It does?
Speaker 5 (14:31):
It is, yes, the history of atrol fibrillation, the history
of strokes, the history of heart attacks or tias, which
we know we call many strokes. What is that again,
transient ischemic attack?
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Okay, it's much easier. What is the stroke? I can't
pronounce the other one, but I can pronounce strokes.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
Or warning stroke. Some people will say that's a warning stroke.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Warning stroke, okay, but this is something that is not
as devastating as a full blowns That's right. And what
does that feel like? What is What are some symptoms
of a mini stroke?
Speaker 5 (15:08):
They may be the same symptoms as a stroke, but
then they disappear or they resolve. It's like your car.
You take the garage. You know it makes the noise
at home, You take it to the garage, and then
it's not making any noise. That's a mini stroke. You're
filling these symptoms in the mirror. You get up to
go to the bathroom. Your face looks funny. By the
time you get to the er, it's fine, all right.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
I'm going to speak for men. Since that's you know,
we probably experience these all the time. But as as
most men, we kind of ignore those kind of signs.
We're like, oh what was that, Oh that that didn't last,
That's fine, I'm fine, And that's probably a warning sign.
Like I said, I had hypertension, didn't even know it.
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I had the headaches, I had the nose bleeds, I
felt you know, you know, when I feel flushed, I
feel like i'm full. Yeah, that's when when you have hypertension.
So as a guy, I'm just I'm just going ignore
those because if I ignore it, it doesn't happen. But
that's a mistake. You need to consult a physician.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yeah, I think that's why awareness is so important. Unless
we have a joke. In my family, my brothers won't
go to the doctor unless their arm is off, Like
if it's falling off, then they'll decide to go to
the doctor. You know, it's our society. I think it
weakens you if you seek medical attention, if you're not,
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if you don't have a temperature, you know, or a
high temperature. But the thing about it is when you
recognize these signs and symptoms strokes, it's scary what we're
talking about. It's scary, but they're eighty percent preventable if
you act fast. And that's why Lisa was saying, you know,
time is brain, brain, you know it's time.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
It's funny men with some of those kind of stroke
warning signs. We'll ignore those. But if we have a
little sniffle, oh good war, the world is coming to
an end.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Such an dichonomy. It's like, you know, our arm has
fallen off. We're fine, merely a flesh room. Get a
little sniffle. We're gonna have to call off work today.
We're just simple creatures. What are you gonna do with us? Right?
We're talking with Ken Karen Culbrit of the Heart Association
of Lisa Hopkins, a long time Heartwalk volunteer and stroke
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advocate at Encompass Health. We're going to talk a little
bit more about strokes. But let's get back. We had
a major announcement just a few minutes ago talking about
the heart Walk is coming up in October and you
have a new location.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
So Karen tell us a little more with Acres. Yeah,
we're at Heartwood Acres. We're actually going to do a
walk through in a couple of weeks. So I'm excited
to see Heartwood Acres is not flat. So we're gonna
walk the site to see what's the best route, and
we'll have multiple routes, will have one for walkers, and
then we'll also have another kind of like a mini
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trail for survivors.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
So we're excited about that. That's great.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Traditionally it's Point State Park, but there's a reason why
that's not available.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Because of the draft.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
They're not allowing a whole as I understand it, they're
not allowing any activities to take place in Point State Park.
So we found a new location and we're excited to
be at Heartwood Acres.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Heartwood Acres Heart Association. It sounds like a perfect fit, right.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
With Johnny Heartwell.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
It's amazing heart ratio, all these heart things going on.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We're excited about that.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But you know, the Heart Walk is one of your
major fundraisers, and certainly so many sponsors have embraced the
Heart Walk, and that is your main focus. But what
else do you have going on? What other fundraisers do
you have, what do you normally do.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Well, we are gearing up for our Go Red for
Women VIP Experience, which is June fourth. It's at the
David L. Lawrence Convention Center where we have the Heartball.
Actually earlier this in April April fourth, which it was wonderful,
was a wonderful time for the heart Walk the heart Ball.
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We raised over one point three million dollars. Look for
you god, Yeah, we're really excited.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well that's a testimony because you know, the heart heart
disease and heart ATTACKXES is like the number one killer
in the United it is.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
It is the number one killer. And so core events
like the heart Walk, the Heart Ball, and Go Red
for Women those.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, tell us a lot more about women. So that's
coming up in June.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Yeah, these fundraisers that help, you know, raise money for
life saving technology and innovation and things like that. So
what we're doing on June fourth, it's the VIP Experience
and we will be at on the rooftop whether we'll
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be wonderful. We will have a red couch conversation. This
is exciting where we have medical local medical experts, women medical.
We don't have the entire lineup yet, so I can't
really say, I can't give the names, but we will
have three or four female cardiologists, medical experts, and attendees
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will be able to ask questions and that's exciting. This
is the third year we've had.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
And this has been to be focused on women's heart health.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
Right, it's Go Red for Women, which is focused on
women's heart and brain health.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And what's the mission, what's the message did you want
to present to women about heart disease?
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Well, heart disease is the number one killer of women,
and Go Red for Women was established in two thousand
and four because research wasn't focused seeing so much on women.
It was primarily on men. Men and women's bodies are different.
So the research that you have for a man is
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not going to be the same as for a woman.
And so the American Heart Association recognized that and said, hey,
let's create an initiative that we'll speak directly to women,
for women, by women, Go Red for Women.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
You know, just last year, I think it was in
the fall that you had a lot of construction companies
coming in. And now because there's certain there's certain industries
businesses that are.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
More prone to heart to heart conditions.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
We were talking earlier that you know, radio media is
a high stressful job. We call that hard Hats with
Heart and that will be in September, and that's part
that's all under the umbrella of the American Heart Association
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Heart Challenge. So the Heart Challenge under there's the Heart Walk,
Hard Hats with Heart, Uh, there's a move More Activity Challenge,
everything just to oh and then new this year, we're
having Lifesaver Day, which is August seventh, So we'll just
have to get all of this stuff on your website
so everybody can kind of follow along.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
But this, in other words, Karen's going to be the
buried busy six months.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Well, you know the great thing on August seventh, and
we just started doing this. It's called Lifesaver Day where
we want everyone who's registered for the Heart Walk to
simultaneously learn hands only CPR.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
So we'll talk.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
More about learning how CPR and learning the OH.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I forgot the term the V called nine one one,
push hard and fast.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
And know the the how to apply the oh the
a ed gotcha?
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, automated.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
I don't know how to use it, but I don't
know how to say it.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
That's more important.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
We're talking with Karen and Lisa here and we're talking
about Heart Association and various things that they have going on,
but specifically today we're talking about stroke.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
And so because May is American Stroke Month, I wanted
to just to sneak that in.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Well, it's a good thing that you're here in the
month of May. Then that's right, that's right. So we're
talking to Lisa, and we talked a little bit about
the signs, but how can you reduce the risk of.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Stroke really having those variables that are part of you.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Well, you know, we talked about hereditary rice. You can't
change those. But what are some things that we can.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
We can't stop smoking, we can't avoid excess of alcohol.
We can not eat as many processed foods and high
fat foods, maybe not so many drive through rice.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Say you are no fun? We can't. Can we stop aging?
Can we start? Can we do that? And you know,
if I can stop aging.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
We haven't. We haven't come up with that one yet.
But the American Heart Association established Life's Essential Eight, which
science based eight factors. And we know what these are,
but these eight steps that you can take that can
help you move towards a healthier lifestyle, and those are
and again we know all of these, but Life's Essential eight,
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you eat better, be more active, quit tobacco.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
We haven't really talked about that.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
If you you know, if you smoke, stop, If you
don't smoke, don't ever start.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Get healthy sleep.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
We just added the American Heart Association just added this
couple of years ago, because it is important that you
get seven to nine hours of sleep. Who gets seven
to nine hours of sleep?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I do. That's one thing that that is.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Awesome to hear. That's great.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Manage your weight, control cholesterol, manage your blood sugar, which
is also blue clothes, and then manage your blood pressure.
So you're doing a lot of these, Johnny, there's a
couple of ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm practicing. I need to practice more. I get it.
But that's the thing is that you we're not all
going to be perfect all the time. You just have
to be aware of certain factors. I wasn't aware that
I had high blood pressure. Now that I'm aware that
I do have it, there's things that I have to
do on a daily basis. I'm going to monitor my
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blood pressure every single day.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
You look, you look really good, and don't you feel better.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
It seems like you're well.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
You've always had crazy energy, but you just seem different
than last time.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
We were here.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Oh okay, well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You know, I mean, but don't you feel better now
that you have that control?
Speaker 1 (25:51):
I am now that I've been you know, she's getting
me compliments. I feel great now.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And by the.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Way, it may not sound fun, but we're not saying
you cannot do that, right. It's a reduction, you know,
it's an elimination. It's get active, you know, heart healthy diet,
fruits and vegetables, proteins and and also these things will
not just impact your heart, but your whole entire way
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of living.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Right, So yeah, I was just kidding.
Speaker 5 (26:21):
I know, I know it doesn't sound And the sleep thing,
I'm so glad you mentioned that, Karen, because we really
talk about that and how sleep and also if you
have sleep apnea. You know, a large amount of our
population has sleep apnea and to get that check because
good sleep is so important.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
All right, So this is uh, May is American Stroke Month.
So we only have a couple of minutes left, So
let's kind of talk about fast kind of uh tell
us everything about fast again. So Fure absolutely so f
these are warning signs. These are warning signs of a stroke.
Speaker 5 (27:01):
That's right, So fast f your face if it looks
like it's tilted or droopy, if your lips maybe don't
look equal when you smile.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Also, if you stick out.
Speaker 5 (27:15):
Your tongue, stick out your tongue at your family member,
and if that looks a little bit distorted, that's F
for fast A arms. If your arms won't go up
at the same time, at the same pace, maybe one
feels heavy, fils, numb, pins and needles, anything like that.
That's a S speech slurring, a loss of words. You
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know what you want to say in your brain, but
it's not coming out of your mouth. All of that
is the S and T time to call nine to
one one because time is of the essence to get
yourself to a hospital.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Lisa, thank you for all this information. We have about
sixty seconds left, so let's tell you have things going
on in June and always. That's right.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
What we want everyone to do that's listening to this
morning is to go to heart dot org, slash Pittsburgh
Walk and register for the twenty twenty five Pittsburgh Heartwalk
at Heartwood Acres on October fourth with Johnny Heartwell.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah, that's right, So we've got a heart associatd Heartwell.
We've got a lot of hearts going on because it's
so vital. It's the number one killer here in the US.
So Karen always great to see you. Love LISU is
fantastic meeting you. Thank you both, Thank you, thanks for
having us as always. If you have any comments, concerns,
or an idea for a future program, please email us
from this radio station's website. I'm Johnny Heartwell. Thank you
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so much for listening.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
For my friend Luke, for my mom Paula, and for
my mom Feina.
Speaker 5 (29:00):
For my husband's helmet. Honor someone you love by learning
the warning signs of stroke.
Speaker 4 (29:05):
If you see face drooping, arm weakness, or speech difficulty,
it's time to call nine one one.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
A stroking habits to anyone at any age. Be ready
to spot a stroke.
Speaker 5 (29:14):
Fest Learn more from the American Stroke Association at stroke
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Speaker 4 (29:23):
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That's hair Peace
And welcome in. This is a public affairs program shedding
the light on the interest, issues and concerns of the
greater Pittsburgh Aaria, Good morning. My name is Johnny Heartwell.
Your host got a couple of friends in studio. Karen
Kolber of the Heart Association.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good to see you, Ky, now, it's good to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
And Lisa Hopkins. This is our first time meeting, but
she's a longtime Heartwalk volunteer and stroke advocate at Encompass Health.
Good morning to you. Good morning all right, So we're
going to talk. We're going to focus on stroke this morning,
and so I'm going to be asking you a lot
of questions, but I'm going to start with my old
friend Karen over here. So you do you have a
date for the Heartwalk here.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
We are so excited to announce that we will be
in a new location this year, Heartwood Acres on October fourth.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Heart Association at Heartwood Acres with Johnny Hartwell. That's right
with iHeartRadio, Amazing all tied into one.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a heartfest.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
So let me tell you and let me ask you.
How did last year's heart walk go?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Wit Well, I mean you helped make it. The weather
was cooperative, The weather was great. We had over three
thousand walkers. We had our National Heartwalk youth ambassador who
you met, Sebastian, he was there and his family. It
was a great time. It was a great time. But
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because of the draft, we needed to move to another location,
which we're excited about the draft as a side note,
and we really are excited to be at Heartwait Acres.
I think it's just going to be a really different
and exciting time for us there.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Well, I've got a thousand questions for you, but we're
going to focus on Lisa right now. So what do
you do? You're a stroke advocate for and Compass Health,
So tell me exactly what you do. Tell me about yourself.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Sure, thank you.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
I am an occupational therapist by background, so I've been
working with patients who suffers for well over thirty years.
But then I've transitioned and I'm now into the business
development director job at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Suickly.
So my job is to assess patients who have a
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stroke and see if they're able to participate and qualify
for our certified stroke program.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Well, speaking of strokes, like three years ago, I was
interviewing Karen and some of the folks at the Heart
Association and we started talking about high blood pressure and
I was like, hmm, I should check my blood pressure.
And it was way high. It was like it was
like one seventy over one ten or something like that.
It was through the roof.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
So that's one of the biggest risk factors for a stroke.
So I'm glad you were able to chat.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So not everybody has a Karen Kolbert to help. Yes, well,
well we're spreading Karen's love, okay Forrold Pittsburgh. We're telling everybody,
if you haven't checked your blood pressure in a while,
yes you probably ought to do that. And so, like clockwork,
I check my blood blood pressure every morning before I
go to work. Good for you, I don't check it
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after work, because you.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Know what I do.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Use that story and that that is a true story,
and that's why programs like this and organizations like iHeartRadio
are so valuable to us to get that awareness out.
It's huge that it's a funny story, but it's a
really serious story.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Johnny.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean when you tell me that, I do kind of,
you know, get a little emotional because I mean that's huge.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It's the silent.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Killer, it is. And you know, I had I had
the red flags. You know, I would have the headaches
and occasional nosebleeds, but I you know, for the most part,
I just felt like like there was normal. And it
wasn't until I realized that I had severe hypertension that
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I was like, oh, I need to be on some
sort of medication. So and so things are a lot better.
You know, It's something that I have to manage every
single day. But you know, hypertension and high blood pressure
is a significant you know, it causes a lot of strokes,
doesn't that it does.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
It is a risk factor for sure. There are things
we can control. There are things that we can't control,
but the high blood pressure is something that we can control.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What are some things that we can't control.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Well, unfortunately, we can't control our increasing age. We're all
getting older, not.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Me, No, that's another Yeah. I got on blood pressure
medicine and Karen made me younger. Okay, well, you know
you're sitting next to a wonder woman. I mean, the
bottom of.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Youth is in my presence, not you know, control our age. Yeah,
we can't control our race. We can't control our family history.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
We you know you said that because you know, my
family didn't really have a history of high blood pressure,
so you know, I wasn't aware of that. And then
when I was a I went to the doctor and
found out I had high pleasure. That's certainly something that
I mean. In fact, it was probably six or seven
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months later later I was talking to my sons. I
have three boys, and none of them knew that I
had high blood pressure, and they were like, we didn't
know that.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
You know, the sheer fact that what time do you
get up in the morning at three am? Okay, what
time do you go to bed at night?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
I go to bed early, about seven o'clock, seven thirty.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
But when you think about this is a high stressful job.
It's a wonderful job. I love radio, I love you all,
but this is a high stressful job. I mean, you
were constantly working, You're out doing gigs at night. You
probably don't eat as well as you should. We all
are guilty of that. So there are so many elements.
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So when you said that you had high blood pressure,
I am not surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
And I probably drink way too much coffee. And you're right, Yeah,
I don't watch the food that I do now, right,
And I probably should do a better job of watching
some of the things that I eat. But you know,
I'm trying. At least I'm aware that I know that
there's certain food that is going.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
To That's the key. That's the key, just that awareness.
And that's why I feel like a broken record, because honestly,
I've been at the American Heart Association for twenty years
and I don't know because I came from the media background,
I don't know if I would know everything that I know.
I know, I wouldn't know everything that I know about
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heart and heart healthy living if I didn't. So that's
why I'm just so glad that we're here today.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Well, we're going to talk more about that, but let's
start at the beginning. Lisa, what is a stroke?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
So we kind of think of it as a as
an injury to the brain, you know, A loss of
supply of that oxygen to the brain is a direct
result of a clot or what we call a heemorrhagic stroke,
you know, So that is the one that instead of
it being a clot that disrupts your supply, it's a
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rupture and so both of those can cause significant damage.
And time is brain, which is what we say, and
that's why we have to act fast.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
What do you mean by that?
Speaker 5 (07:29):
For all the time, anytime that you spend maybe ignoring
the symptoms, ignoring the first signs of a stroke, you
know that time is critical to get down to a hospital,
to a place that they can assess for what is
happening and what you need to do to help prevent
any secondary injury or complications to occur.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
All right, tell us a little bit more about what
are what are some of those risk factors? What are what? Yes,
what are those things that indicate that may be somebody's
having a stroke.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Sure, and the American Heart Association is great with this too,
because we started this acronym fast in order for people
to understand. First of all, you got to move fast.
But every single one of those letters means something. So
f face if you notice a facial droop, if you
notice that your smile is crooked, if you notice just
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a change in you know what your face looks like
in the mirror. A arms If you raise your arm
up and maybe you have a lag, one's going up
higher than the other, or you can't even move your
arm s speech. Your speech becomes garbled. Your speech becomes
just nonsense, yes, leur nonsensical A tea, Well, we'll eliminate
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the s for you and then tea is time. Time
is brain. So you know, do not take your time,
move quickly. It's rather it's just better to be safe
rather than sorry. Even if it's not a stroke, it's
better to get yourself down to the emergency room.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
All right, So fast f as in face yes, a
as an arm. Now, let me ask you, you know
they you know it used to be that if you
were having pain in your arm. Is that still an
indication that something's wrong with either your heart or you
know something stroke?
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Maybe warning signs? You know, that is a common warning sign.
The issue that we have is that is not always
a clear indicator, especially for women. So men tend to
have that arm. Oh my arm feels funny, it feels
you know, painful. Maybe I have just this sharp shooting
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pain from my arm to my chest. But when you
ask a woman that question, she may not have that
at all.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Really, you know what's funny is that, you know, women,
you get the short end of everything. Really, do so
face fast, fast face. We've talked about arms and then
s as in what was the sea speech? So if
you're slurring your speech or you fine, you're having difficulty speaking,
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and tea as in time yes, So what you said time.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Is called yes time to call nine one.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
So how like, for example, you know high blood pressure,
realized that you know, that's kind of an indication that
maybe you know I'm in high risk of having a stroke.
But you also mentioned race, and so let's talk a
little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Sure, Sure, at the African American population is a higher
risk of having a stroke. And so just that general
awareness and getting out and educating the public of that
exact fact is key because again, some of these things
you may just disregard other risk factors that we can control,
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Like you said high blood pressure, but also diabetes, atrial fibrillation.
These are all things that we can help modify or
control through medication and lifestyle management. So the general population,
the African American population is.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
At higher risk for those three diseases. All right, we
mentioned you know the risk fast, what are other risk
factors are there? Sure?
Speaker 5 (11:28):
High cholesterol, physical inactivity, so a lot of couch potatoes,
a lot of laying around, is probably going to increase
your risk of stroke.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
That's another thing that I right after I found out
I had high blood pressure, I immediately went to a
personal trainer. I'm still sore from yesterday from Dave and
what he put me through. But you're right, that's important
to recognize and it doesn't take a You don't have
to get a personal trainer. Just getting off the couch.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Just move, move more, you know, that's what we say,
Just move, Just get up and do something. The American
Heart Association recommends at least adults at least thirty minutes
most days.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
We don't even.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Say a whole week. Most days of the week. You
just get up and do something. Yeah, just a walk,
walk the dog or something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
It's very Most adults in the US don't know that
stroke warning signs. A stroke is largely treatable if you
call nine to one one as soon as possible. But
you know, once somebody has had a stroke, are they
more apt to have additional strokes?
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Unfortunately, Yes, if you have a stroke, you're at higher
risk of having another stroke. Some research shows up to
fifty percent of a higher risk of developing a second stroke.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Now, the same advice for those individuals who've had a stroke,
is they you know, they still have to exercise, and
they have to watch what they eat and things like.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
That very much so and really managing their lifestyle because,
especially if they have physical issues from the stroke, it
might be more difficult for them to now exercise, to
now move and move around in a good enough position
and at enough of a pace to have a benefit.
Just reducing though even any part of the risk is
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going to help them avoid that second stroke.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Now, tell me more about that, like what do what
do you recommend?
Speaker 5 (13:34):
So therapy is almost always part of the program after
a stroke that has impacted you significantly, whether that's physically, emotionally, communication, cognition.
You're talking about whole bunches of areas where a stroke
can impact you. So what do you do after you
have a stroke, Well, you end up having some type
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of rehabilitation. Most often we get you know, the rehab
will get you at the highest functional level, hopefully back
to baseline, but at times that is not the case.
So your family, your support system very important for you,
so that way you can be helped and guided to
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get and be as functional as you possibly can to
avoid that second stroke.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
We talked a little bit about high pertension, talk about
race and what about the family history? Is that is
that a factor as well?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
It does?
Speaker 5 (14:31):
It is, yes, the history of atrol fibrillation, the history
of strokes, the history of heart attacks or tias, which
we know we call many strokes. What is that again,
transient ischemic attack?
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Okay, it's much easier. What is the stroke? I can't
pronounce the other one, but I can pronounce strokes.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
Or warning stroke. Some people will say that's a warning stroke.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Warning stroke, okay, but this is something that is not
as devastating as a full blowns That's right. And what
does that feel like? What is What are some symptoms
of a mini stroke?
Speaker 5 (15:08):
They may be the same symptoms as a stroke, but
then they disappear or they resolve. It's like your car.
You take the garage. You know it makes the noise
at home, You take it to the garage, and then
it's not making any noise. That's a mini stroke. You're
filling these symptoms in the mirror. You get up to
go to the bathroom. Your face looks funny. By the
time you get to the er, it's fine, all right.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
I'm going to speak for men. Since that's you know,
we probably experience these all the time. But as as
most men, we kind of ignore those kind of signs.
We're like, oh what was that, Oh that that didn't last,
That's fine, I'm fine, And that's probably a warning sign.
Like I said, I had hypertension, didn't even know it.
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I had the headaches, I had the nose bleeds, I
felt you know, you know, when I feel flushed, I
feel like i'm full. Yeah, that's when when you have hypertension.
So as a guy, I'm just I'm just going ignore
those because if I ignore it, it doesn't happen. But
that's a mistake. You need to consult a physician.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yeah, I think that's why awareness is so important. Unless
we have a joke. In my family, my brothers won't
go to the doctor unless their arm is off, Like
if it's falling off, then they'll decide to go to
the doctor. You know, it's our society. I think it
weakens you if you seek medical attention, if you're not,
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if you don't have a temperature, you know, or a
high temperature. But the thing about it is when you
recognize these signs and symptoms strokes, it's scary what we're
talking about. It's scary, but they're eighty percent preventable if
you act fast. And that's why Lisa was saying, you know,
time is brain, brain, you know it's time.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
It's funny men with some of those kind of stroke
warning signs. We'll ignore those. But if we have a
little sniffle, oh good war, the world is coming to
an end.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Such an dichonomy. It's like, you know, our arm has
fallen off. We're fine, merely a flesh room. Get a
little sniffle. We're gonna have to call off work today.
We're just simple creatures. What are you gonna do with us? Right?
We're talking with Ken Karen Culbrit of the Heart Association
of Lisa Hopkins, a long time Heartwalk volunteer and stroke
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advocate at Encompass Health. We're going to talk a little
bit more about strokes. But let's get back. We had
a major announcement just a few minutes ago talking about
the heart Walk is coming up in October and you
have a new location.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
So Karen tell us a little more with Acres. Yeah,
we're at Heartwood Acres. We're actually going to do a
walk through in a couple of weeks. So I'm excited
to see Heartwood Acres is not flat. So we're gonna
walk the site to see what's the best route, and
we'll have multiple routes, will have one for walkers, and
then we'll also have another kind of like a mini
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trail for survivors.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
So we're excited about that. That's great.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Traditionally it's Point State Park, but there's a reason why
that's not available.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Because of the draft.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
They're not allowing a whole as I understand it, they're
not allowing any activities to take place in Point State Park.
So we found a new location and we're excited to
be at Heartwood Acres.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Heartwood Acres Heart Association. It sounds like a perfect fit, right.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
With Johnny Heartwell.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
It's amazing heart ratio, all these heart things going on.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We're excited about that.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But you know, the Heart Walk is one of your
major fundraisers, and certainly so many sponsors have embraced the
Heart Walk, and that is your main focus. But what
else do you have going on? What other fundraisers do
you have, what do you normally do.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Well, we are gearing up for our Go Red for
Women VIP Experience, which is June fourth. It's at the
David L. Lawrence Convention Center where we have the Heartball.
Actually earlier this in April April fourth, which it was wonderful,
was a wonderful time for the heart Walk the heart Ball.
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We raised over one point three million dollars. Look for
you god, Yeah, we're really excited.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well that's a testimony because you know, the heart heart
disease and heart ATTACKXES is like the number one killer
in the United it is.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
It is the number one killer. And so core events
like the heart Walk, the Heart Ball, and Go Red
for Women those.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, tell us a lot more about women. So that's
coming up in June.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Yeah, these fundraisers that help, you know, raise money for
life saving technology and innovation and things like that. So
what we're doing on June fourth, it's the VIP Experience
and we will be at on the rooftop whether we'll
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be wonderful. We will have a red couch conversation. This
is exciting where we have medical local medical experts, women medical.
We don't have the entire lineup yet, so I can't
really say, I can't give the names, but we will
have three or four female cardiologists, medical experts, and attendees
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will be able to ask questions and that's exciting. This
is the third year we've had.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
And this has been to be focused on women's heart health.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
Right, it's Go Red for Women, which is focused on
women's heart and brain health.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And what's the mission, what's the message did you want
to present to women about heart disease?
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Well, heart disease is the number one killer of women,
and Go Red for Women was established in two thousand
and four because research wasn't focused seeing so much on women.
It was primarily on men. Men and women's bodies are different.
So the research that you have for a man is
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not going to be the same as for a woman.
And so the American Heart Association recognized that and said, hey,
let's create an initiative that we'll speak directly to women,
for women, by women, Go Red for Women.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
You know, just last year, I think it was in
the fall that you had a lot of construction companies
coming in. And now because there's certain there's certain industries
businesses that are.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
More prone to heart to heart conditions.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
We were talking earlier that you know, radio media is
a high stressful job. We call that hard Hats with
Heart and that will be in September, and that's part
that's all under the umbrella of the American Heart Association
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Heart Challenge. So the Heart Challenge under there's the Heart Walk,
Hard Hats with Heart, Uh, there's a move More Activity Challenge,
everything just to oh and then new this year, we're
having Lifesaver Day, which is August seventh, So we'll just
have to get all of this stuff on your website
so everybody can kind of follow along.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
But this, in other words, Karen's going to be the
buried busy six months.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Well, you know the great thing on August seventh, and
we just started doing this. It's called Lifesaver Day where
we want everyone who's registered for the Heart Walk to
simultaneously learn hands only CPR.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
So we'll talk.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
More about learning how CPR and learning the OH.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I forgot the term the V called nine one one,
push hard and fast.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
And know the the how to apply the oh the
a ed gotcha?
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, automated.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
I don't know how to use it, but I don't
know how to say it.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
That's more important.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
We're talking with Karen and Lisa here and we're talking
about Heart Association and various things that they have going on,
but specifically today we're talking about stroke.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
And so because May is American Stroke Month, I wanted
to just to sneak that in.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Well, it's a good thing that you're here in the
month of May. Then that's right, that's right. So we're
talking to Lisa, and we talked a little bit about
the signs, but how can you reduce the risk of.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Stroke really having those variables that are part of you.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Well, you know, we talked about hereditary rice. You can't
change those. But what are some things that we can.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
We can't stop smoking, we can't avoid excess of alcohol.
We can not eat as many processed foods and high
fat foods, maybe not so many drive through rice.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Say you are no fun? We can't. Can we stop aging?
Can we start? Can we do that? And you know,
if I can stop aging.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
We haven't. We haven't come up with that one yet.
But the American Heart Association established Life's Essential Eight, which
science based eight factors. And we know what these are,
but these eight steps that you can take that can
help you move towards a healthier lifestyle, and those are
and again we know all of these, but Life's Essential eight,
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you eat better, be more active, quit tobacco.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
We haven't really talked about that.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
If you you know, if you smoke, stop, If you
don't smoke, don't ever start.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Get healthy sleep.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
We just added the American Heart Association just added this
couple of years ago, because it is important that you
get seven to nine hours of sleep. Who gets seven
to nine hours of sleep?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I do. That's one thing that that is.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Awesome to hear. That's great.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Manage your weight, control cholesterol, manage your blood sugar, which
is also blue clothes, and then manage your blood pressure.
So you're doing a lot of these, Johnny, there's a
couple of ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
I'm practicing. I need to practice more. I get it.
But that's the thing is that you we're not all
going to be perfect all the time. You just have
to be aware of certain factors. I wasn't aware that
I had high blood pressure. Now that I'm aware that
I do have it, there's things that I have to
do on a daily basis. I'm going to monitor my
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blood pressure every single day.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
You look, you look really good, and don't you feel better.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
It seems like you're well.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
You've always had crazy energy, but you just seem different
than last time.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
We were here.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Oh okay, well, thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You know, I mean, but don't you feel better now
that you have that control?
Speaker 1 (25:51):
I am now that I've been you know, she's getting
me compliments. I feel great now.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And by the.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Way, it may not sound fun, but we're not saying
you cannot do that, right. It's a reduction, you know,
it's an elimination. It's get active, you know, heart healthy diet,
fruits and vegetables, proteins and and also these things will
not just impact your heart, but your whole entire way
(26:17):
of living.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Right, So yeah, I was just kidding.
Speaker 5 (26:21):
I know, I know it doesn't sound And the sleep thing,
I'm so glad you mentioned that, Karen, because we really
talk about that and how sleep and also if you
have sleep apnea. You know, a large amount of our
population has sleep apnea and to get that check because
good sleep is so important.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
All right, So this is uh, May is American Stroke Month.
So we only have a couple of minutes left, So
let's kind of talk about fast kind of uh tell
us everything about fast again. So Fure absolutely so f
these are warning signs. These are warning signs of a stroke.
Speaker 5 (27:01):
That's right, So fast f your face if it looks
like it's tilted or droopy, if your lips maybe don't
look equal when you smile.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Also, if you stick out.
Speaker 5 (27:15):
Your tongue, stick out your tongue at your family member,
and if that looks a little bit distorted, that's F
for fast A arms. If your arms won't go up
at the same time, at the same pace, maybe one
feels heavy, fils, numb, pins and needles, anything like that.
That's a S speech slurring, a loss of words. You
(27:38):
know what you want to say in your brain, but
it's not coming out of your mouth. All of that
is the S and T time to call nine to
one one because time is of the essence to get
yourself to a hospital.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Lisa, thank you for all this information. We have about
sixty seconds left, so let's tell you have things going
on in June and always. That's right.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
What we want everyone to do that's listening to this
morning is to go to heart dot org, slash Pittsburgh
Walk and register for the twenty twenty five Pittsburgh Heartwalk
at Heartwood Acres on October fourth with Johnny Heartwell.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah, that's right, So we've got a heart associatd Heartwell.
We've got a lot of hearts going on because it's
so vital. It's the number one killer here in the US.
So Karen always great to see you. Love LISU is
fantastic meeting you. Thank you both, Thank you, thanks for
having us as always. If you have any comments, concerns,
or an idea for a future program, please email us
from this radio station's website. I'm Johnny Heartwell. Thank you
(28:40):
so much for listening.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
For my friend Luke, for my mom Paula, and for
my mom Feina.
Speaker 5 (29:00):
For my husband's helmet. Honor someone you love by learning
the warning signs of stroke.
Speaker 4 (29:05):
If you see face drooping, arm weakness, or speech difficulty,
it's time to call nine one one.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
A stroking habits to anyone at any age. Be ready
to spot a stroke.
Speaker 5 (29:14):
Fest Learn more from the American Stroke Association at stroke
dot org.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
Pittsburg divas are gathering to make sweet music in the
beautiful hills near Swickly to fight cancer. I'm Bonnie Diver
inviting you to join me for the Songs for Live
concert to benefit Hairpiece Charities. Five of the most soulful,
jazzy rock and sol divas will entertain in a beautiful
outdoor setting your Swekly on Saturday, May thirty. First, bring
(29:45):
your lawn chairs and picnic basket or order one of
our catered box dinners. Get tickets at hairpeace dot org.
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