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Parrish Health & Fitness Center features American College of Sports Medicinecertified personal trainers, physical and cardiac rehabilitation therapists, and nutrition and weight-loss counselors. Join the Fitness Center For more information about Parrish Health & Fitness Center, call 321-268-6200, or go to parrishhealth andfitness.com. Features of the Parrish Health & Fitness Center Parrish Health & Fitness Center is a full-service medical fitness center featuring American College of Sports Medicine-certified personal trainers, physical and cardiac rehabilitation therapists, and nutrition and weightloss counselors, and is a resource for many of Parrish Medical Center’s health initiatives. It features state-of-the-art strength and cardiovascular training equipment, multiple weight-training rooms, two indoor heated pools, personal fitness training, wellness coaching, more than 80 weekly group fitness classes, and much more. The 38,500-square-foot facility features more than 10 acres of natural landscape, including a half-mile outdoor fitness trail. It is at 2210 Cheney Highway (Highway 50) in Titusville. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), people who have ventricular fibrillation may have no history of heart disease. Many have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, however, such as smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes. A person who has a ventricular fibrillation episode will suddenly collapse or become unconscious, because the brain and muscles stop receiving blood from the heart. The person will be unresponsive, and his or her heartbeat may be irregular or may not even be heard. The NIH also says ventricular fibrillation can lead to death within a few minutes. The survival rate for a person who has a ventricular fibrillation attack outside a hospital setting ranges from 2 to 25 percent. Lifesaving actions As EMS team members left to transport the patient to the hospital, they assured the center care partners who responded that they had done a great job with their efforts. In fact, the EMS personnel were so impressed with the professionalism and high level of emergency care given to the patient that they returned to the fitness center a few hours later. They informed the team members that their actions had indeed saved this person’s life. Parrish Health & Fitness Center care partners are committed to PMC’s mission: Healing experiences for everyone all the time®. They pride themselves on being more than simply a fitness center. The health, wellness and well-being of our community members are uppermost in their minds each and every day, whatever the circumstances. Vim & Vigor • SUmm er 2012 against aLL odds The staff later found out the stricken member had gone into ventricular fibrillation, which is a severely abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that can be life-threatening. 7 http://www.parrishhealthandfitness.com http://www.parrishhealthandfitness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Summer 2012 - Parrish Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Summer 2012 - Parrish Medical Center
Contents
Opening Thoughts
Community Calendar
A Life Saved at the Fitness Center
Addressing Hidden Complications
The Breakfast Club
Arthritis Answers
A TV Guide to Radiology
Take Aim
It Might NOT Be Cancer
Colin Firth
Step Up to the Plate
Life After Cancer
Get Dad to the Doc
Virtual Health
Community Health
Third Lease on Life
Commissioned to Greatness
Foundation Focus
Ask the Expert

Vim & Vigor - Summer 2012 - Parrish Medical Center