{"id":3868,"date":"2018-01-26T23:10:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2025-01-12T15:30:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T20:30:53","slug":"kn-p-163-snow-shoveling-heart-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2018\/01\/kn-p-163-snow-shoveling-heart-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 163  &#8220;Snow Shoveling &#038; Heart Attacks&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowPile-e1546183621394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3869 \" title=\"SnowPile\" src=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowPile-1024x442.jpg\" alt=\"SnowPile\" width=\"505\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Snow shoveling and heart attacks. It seems like every winter we hear stories of otherwise seemingly healthy men, pitching over in the snow. Back in 2016, I read about an off-duty cop (only in his 40s) dying while helping his neighbors dig out around their house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/us-capitol-police-officer-dies-shoveling-snow-at-delaware-home\/2016\/01\/24\/b7f152d6-c2c4-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/us-capitol-police-officer-dies-shoveling-snow-at-delaware-home\/2016\/01\/24\/b7f152d6-c2c4-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Good guy on and off the job helping somebody in need, with a tragic ending to the story. And he wasn\u2019t the only one. More than 100 people nationwide are reported to have died after shoveling snow each year in the USA. Canada numbers are even higher.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5152\" src=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowyPines-copy.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Why does that happen? And what can you do to prevent it from happening to you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">First, let\u2019s talk about the \u2018why.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It\u2019s not just about the physical exertion of lifting the wet, heavy, sticky snow that Storm Jonas delivered this past weekend to most of the Eastern Seaboard of the USA. The air is colder than we are used to breathing, and the cold air causes blood vessels to constrict. Also (and news to me) cold air can cause clotting, which could lead to a blockage. So anybody with a known or unknown risk for high blood pressure is immediately placing more stress on the body before he\/she ever lifts the first shovel full of snow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowShovel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5169\" src=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowShovel-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowShovel-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowShovel.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We tend to shovel snow without warming up and without cooling down &#8211; both actions placing more stress on the heart. Lots of arm action also increases blood pressure. Combine all those typical factors together, and anybody that is at-risk already, may be in trouble out in the snow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-does-shoveling-snow-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-36899\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-does-shoveling-snow-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-36899<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>How do we keep from keeling over?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Warm up for about five minutes with stretches and side bends\/turns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If it\u2019s really cold wear a scarf around your mouth so that the cold air gets filtered and stays a little warmer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Use a smaller shovel or lift smaller amounts of snow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Breathe in and completely out while you shovel. Shallow breaths don\u2019t help here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you feel tired, stop. Pay a neighborhood kid to finish the job.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Work for no more than 30 minutes at a time, then take a break.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you\u2019re breathing hard, stop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When you\u2019re finished, cool down and walk around upright for a few minutes before going inside. (The body doesn\u2019t like the shock of going back and forth quickly between extreme temperatures.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowStormGolf18-e1547324643334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3873 \" title=\"SnowStormGolf18 DSC_0324\" src=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowStormGolf18-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"SnowStormGolf18\" width=\"471\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\">Make sure that you <strong>take care of yourself<\/strong>, so that you can enjoy life on the golf course after the snow melts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">*Photos by Patti Phillips, taken in North Carolina and Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Snow shoveling and heart attacks. It seems like every winter we hear stories of otherwise seemingly healthy men, pitching over in the snow. Back in 2016, I read about an off-duty cop (only in his 40s) dying while helping his neighbors dig out around their house. \u00a0 https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/us-capitol-police-officer-dies-shoveling-snow-at-delaware-home\/2016\/01\/24\/b7f152d6-c2c4-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html \u00a0 Good guy on and off 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