Learning Objectives

• Describe primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies for conditions - Cardiovascular disease
• Determine an individual’s 5-year absolute risk for CVD using the Australian Risk Calculator

Cardiovascular Disease

• how prevalent is CVD in Australia?
• what does CVD include?
• what are the most important CVD risk factors?
• what tool is used to identify people at risk of CVD?
• what factors does this risk assessment consider?
• at what age does CVD screening start? frequency?
• what factors put someone at high risk of CVD?

Prevention

• what is primary prevention?
• what is secondary prevention?
• what is tertiary prevention?

Hypertension

• what is a normal BP?
• what is hypertension (HTN)?