How do you stop heart attack
Heart attack is a dangerous health problem, threatening the life of many people. Surely you do not expect that to happen to you, even you do not dare to think of it. However, if you know the signs of a heart attack and how do you stop heart attack from the first step, you can not only be helpful to others, but also to save your own life.
Admitted to hospital within the first one hour in a heart attack, the possibility of recovery is much higher.
Heart attack is a condition in one or more coronary vessels (heart blood vessels) completely stuck by plaque, cracks, breaks, ulcers or by clot formation, causing a regional myocardial ischemia and severe acute necrosis. Consequently may be dizziness, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, death … In the developed world, heart attack is one of the most common disease. In many developing countries such as China, Vietnam, the incidence of disease increases day by day. It is a disease with high mortality (30%), about half of them die before they could go to the hospital. So, how do you stop heart attack? To answer this question, you will first need to know about the signs of heart attack
Signs of heart attack or stroke
Heart attack usually occurs in the early morning, heart attack can start the day or night, but the incidence is ussually the early morning. Approximately 50% of cases no factors leading to onset, while others may occur with exertion, heavy work, mental stress, strong emotion, cold weather, illness…
Angina is the most common manifestation. Patient will feel pain deep inside the body, the worst possible pain that the patient had never felt. Patients feel burdened, stifled or tightened in their chest. Position of pain is often in the middle of the chest, after the sternum, may radiate to the arms, less to the abdomen, back, jaw and neck, and never spread to below the navel.
Note! there are 15 to 20% of cases of heart attack that happen without pain. This usually occurs in diabetic patients,elders and women, and the first sign may be a mild or severe breathing problem.
Besides angina, the signs of heart attack or stroke may also include: feeling weak, pale skin, sweating, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, anxiety…
A heart attack may occur suddenly but can also start slowly. Many people think every heart attack come suddenly and violently, victims have sudden chest pain and quickly collapsed. In fact, besides the cases of sudden onset and aggressive, there are many heart attacks that start slowly, mild pain, or cause discomfort that patients do not recognize.
Even those who have had a previous heart attack also find it difficult to recognize another so quiet heart attack. Therefore, be very vigilant to be able to recognize a heart attack potential during the phase of chest pain. That is the best way to stop heart attack right from when it starts.
What to do for a heart attack
What to do for a heart attack depends on who is having the stroke
What to do if you have a heart attack
If you experience chest pain and other signs of heart attack or stroke, it is important that you first need to try to stay calm, avoid falling into a state of panics. Stop all work that is being done, sit or lie down. Supplemental oxygen (if available oxygen supply). If there is nitroglycerin tablet, put it under the tongue closes every five minutes, taking an aspirin unless you are allergic to this medication.
What to do if you have a heart attack and the symptoms persist or chest pain lasted for about two minutes or longer? Call emergency ambulance and seek help from people around! If you travel by car to the hospital, you should ask someone else to drive, do not drive yourself. Once you arrive, let the medical staff know that you can have a heart attack, requiring the examination and treatment immediately.
What to do when someone has a heart attack
When the victim is another person, if you notice someone has a heart attack, you can help them through the following steps: keep calm, reduce and extinguish the anxiety of the patients. You can tell the patient not to worry about the situation, it will worsen myocardial ischemia and has more severe symptoms. Let the patient breath oxygen, suck the nitroglycerin tablet or aspirin (if any). Call emergency ambulance. If you can bring the patient to the hospital then you should proceed immediately. While waiting for help, extended the collar for the patient, place in a comfortable position, usually supine with the head elevated. These are the guidelines about what to do when someone has a heart attack that have been in standard first aid textbooks.
How to prevent a heart attack or stroke
There are several guidelines about how to prevent a heart attack or stroke. The most important thing you need to remember is to stay calm, alert of the signs of heart attack or stroke
– People with risk factors of coronary heart disease should be especially alert if there are signs of heart attack and should ask their doctor to check if in doubt.
– Do not overlook the symptoms and do not delay. Waiting to see if the pain reduces can be very harmful to the heart, and even worse, you can lose your life.
– Heart attack, although very risky, but if treated promptly will help avoid deaths or complications. You go to the hospital the earlier, the more efficient for the recovery, especially in the first hour.