Heart attack is regarded as one of
the leading causes of death in humans.A heart attack can be lethal and
warrants immediate medical attention. You can significantly increase the odds
of survival of a person having a cardiac arrest,if you know what steps to
take. Read on to find out more.
1. Call for Ambulance
If you find someone is having a heart
attack, your first step should be to call an ambulance. A heart attack can only
be treated by trained medical professionals and you must get the patient into
the emergency room as soon as possible.
2. Identify Early
Symptoms of heart attack start
surfacing a few hours before the actual attack, which may include cold sweat,
fatigue, shortness of breath, intermittent pain in the chest and numbness or
pain in the left arm. Identifying these symptoms early can help immensely in
treating a heart attack.
3. Deliver First Aid
Have the person rest in a comfortable
position and ensure that the respiration or blood flow is not constrained by
any tight-fitting clothes. The most important thing is to maintain your calm
and help the patient to maintain his or her calm. The next step should be to
check whether the person is conscious and is properly breathing or not.
4. CPR
If the person has lost consciousness
and is not breathing, it is advisable to administer CPR or cardiopulmonary
resuscitation. CPR is a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions.
Place your palm right between the nipples and the other hand on top of the
first hand. Position your body weight above your hands and give about 30
compressions. Each compression should press down a few inches into the chest
and should be given in a rapid motion.
5. Resuscitate Breathing
Resuscitate breathing or
mouth-to-mouth breathing should be delivered after the compressions. Tilt up
the chin of the patient, then close their nostrils with your fingers and cover
the mouth of the patient with yours. Blow a deep breath into the lungs of the
patient so that the chest should rise.
6. Administer medication
There are drugs such as aspirin or
nitro-glycerine that can help to save the life of a patient having a cardiac
arrest. You will need to seek medical counsel for administering
nitro-glycerine; however, you can give the patient aspirin if he/she has not
lost his consciousness.
7. Emergency Aids
Oxygen support or AED (automated
external defibrillators) can also help greatly to increase the odds of survival
for a heart attack patient.
Until medical assistance arrives, it
is very important that you maintain your calm and keep following the requisite
steps. The main aim is to prevent the patient’s condition from worsening until
help arrives.
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Kanyakumari.
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