Heart Attacks

[Borg]

HEART ATTACK
 
Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly, you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.

 
You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself.

 
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart stops 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. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 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.

 
Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!
 
From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON....  (Reprint from the Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)

[gogannaka]

That was kind of u borg.
I pray none of us gets into such a situation
Ameen.

[sdanyaro]

Assalamu alaikum;
Borg,

Thank you very much for this very informative and important health issue. I think many people will benefit from it.

[kilishi]

I learnt that women has far more risk of having heart attack than men,how true is this?

[gogannaka]

I learnt that women has far more risk of having heart attack than men,how true is this?

I believe that is true kilishi,and its bcos women have a weak heart.
Shikenan :-X

[Borg]

Ko kuma bcos they worry over every tiny winy thing ba! :-/

[Borg]

Heart Attack Warning Signs

Some heart attacks are sudden and intense -- the "movie heart attack," where no one doubts what's happening. But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening:

Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. ?
Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. ? ?
Shortness of breath. This feeling often comes along with chest discomfort. But it can occur before the chest discomfort. ? ?
Other signs: These may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness ?
If you or someone you're with has chest discomfort, especially with one or more of the other signs, don't wait longer than a few minutes (no more than 5) before calling for help. Call 9-1-1... Get to a hospital right away.

Calling 9-1-1 is almost always the fastest way to get lifesaving treatment. Emergency medical services staff can begin treatment when they arrive -- up to an hour sooner than if someone gets to the hospital by car. The staff are also trained to revive someone whose heart has stopped. You'll get treated faster in the hospital if you come by ambulance, too.

If you can't access the emergency medical services (EMS), have someone drive you to the hospital right away. If you're the one having symptoms, don't drive yourself, unless you have absolutely no other option.

[kilishi]

Thanks for the information borg,
gogan ok we will stop thinking about mild issues,only great ones so that we can get hypertension ;D 8)

[gogannaka]

Thanks for the information borg,
gogan ok we will stop thinking about mild issues,only great ones so that we can get hypertension ;D 8)

Borg we need some info on hypertension also ;D

[Anonymous]

Borg I definitely agree with your words.