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Symptoms:
Chest pain or pressure
is a common symptom of heart attack. Cardiac chest pain is
often vague, or dull, and may be described as a pressure or
band-like sensation, squeezing, heaviness, or other discomfort.
Heart attacks frequently occur from 4:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.
DO's and DON'Ts :
Do call the doctor ,if crushing chest pain
or other symptoms suggestive of heart attack occur.
Do call the doctor, if an adult is unresponsive and/or appears
to not be breathing.
Do not leave the victim alone except to call for help if necessary.
DO not allow the victim to convince you not to call for medical
assistance.
DO NOT wait to see if the symptoms go away.
DO NOT give the victim anything by mouth unless he/she has
a prescribed heart medication (such as nitroglycerin)
First Aid
Have the victim sit down and rest, and attempt
to keep calm
Loosen any tight clothing
Ask if he/she has any medication , if he/she has a known heart
condition .
Assist the victim in taking the medication (usually nitroglycerin,
which is placed under the tongue).
If the pain does not subside with rest and within 3 minutes
of taking nitroglycerin, call for emergency medical assistance.
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack,
this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person
whose heart is beating properly and who begins to feel faint,
has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly
and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before
each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when
producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and
a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let
up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating
normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and
coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.The
squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal
rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Prevention:
1. Stop Tobacco use
2.Make sure you don't have untreated Diabetes and treat it
if you do
3. Make sure you don't have untreated Hypertension and treat
it if you do
4.Control Coleserol intake
5.Control Obseity
6.Reduce stress.
