Stress-Caused Heart Attacks

Current statistics demonstrate that almost any person may be suffering from some degree of hypertension or arteriosclerosis, and that if he enjoys an extended life span, he is likely to sustain a heart attack from which his chance of dying is great. Cardiovascular disease has, therefore, become an incident of modern living, and cardiovascular injuries are one of the most controversial areas of liability in the field of workmen\u27s compensation. The conflict concerning heart cases, and especially those related to the stress incurred, arises primarily from the difficulty of proving causation. The confusion arising from conflicting judicial construction of terms such as usual strain, unusual strain, exceptional strain, is compounded by the conflicting expert medical testimony presented in these cases. Beyond these inconsistencies in both the medical and legal literature, there is the basic conflict between medical and legal concepts of causation. The descriptive phrase, stress and strain, as applied to the exertion allegedly causing the cardiovascular crisis involved in a particular case may aptly be applied to the incompatibility between legal principles and the opinions of medical experts

Testimony of Rena Steinzor…before the U.S. House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and Economics. 112th Congress, 1st Session (2011).

Environmental regulations have saved millions of lives, preventing chronic respiratory illness and heart attacks in cities across the country. These rules protect children from irreversible neurological damage, save billions of dollars in cleanup costs, and preserve water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams. If anything, our regulatory system is dangerously weak, and Congress should focus on reviving it rather than eroding public protections…

Working as an EMT

The work of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) is often the difference between life and death for a patient. EMTs respond to various medical emergencies including car accidents, heart attacks, slips and falls of the elderly, childbirth, and gunshot wounds. In responding to emergencies, EMTs assess a patient’s condition, determine pre-existing medical conditions, and provide emergency care while transporting patients to an emergency room. EMTs often work with police officers and firefighters in responding to emergencies

Detecting Heart Attacks Using Learning Classifiers

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have emerged as a critical global threat to human life. The diagnosis of these diseases presents a complex challenge, particularly for inexperienced doctors, as their symptoms can be mistaken for signs of aging or similar conditions. Early detection of heart disease can help prevent heart failure, making it crucial to develop effective diagnostic techniques. Machine Learning (ML) techniques have gained popularity among researchers for identifying new patients based on past data. While various forecasting techniques have been applied to different medical datasets, accurate detection of heart attacks in a timely manner remains elusive. This article presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of various ML techniques, including Decision Tree, Support Vector Machines, Random Forest, Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Adaptive Boosting, Multilayer Perceptron, Gradient Boosting, K-Nearest Neighbor, and Logistic Regression. These classifiers are implemented and evaluated in Python using data from over 300 patients obtained from the Kaggle cardiovascular repository in CSV format. The classifiers categorize patients into two groups: those with a heart attack and those without. Performance evaluation metrics such as recall, precision, accuracy, and the F1-measure are employed to assess the classifiers’ effectiveness. The results of this study highlight XGBoost classifier as a promising tool in the medical domain for accurate diagnosis, demonstrating the highest predictive accuracy (95.082%) with a calculation time of (0.07995 sec) on the dataset compared to other classifiers

Workmen\u27s Compensation and Heart Attacks

The basis for granting and denial of compensation for heart attacks in the several states runs the gamut from common-sense reasoning to arbitrary adherence to rigid construction of the compensation statutes. To add to the difficulty as to the compensability of a heart attack injury, the courts must first resolve the question as to whether or not the injury or death was incurred in the course of employment. This issue in and of itself ofttimes poses questions that are sufficient to tax even the most adept legal minds. In cases involving heart attacks the courts are additionally burdened by having to decide whether or not the heart attack, which did occur in the course of employment, was job-connected as opposed to a natural occurrence independent of the employment