First aid for Heart attack

Symptoms that may appear when heart attack comes

Symptoms in adults:

Chest pain: Chest pain is the most common symptom that seen in heart patients. Chest pain comes usually from the center of the chest; it may last for more than a few minutes or comes and goes. May feel like pressure from the inside of the chest. During this pain, always not from pain it may be felt in other areas of the upper body, such as the jaw, shoulder, one or both arms, back, and stomach area.
Cold sweat:
Lightheadedness:
Nausea:
Shortness of breath: Shortness of breath is the common symptom of women heart patients

First Aid

Do.
=>Have the person sit down, rest, and try to keep calm.
=>Loosen any tight clothing.
=>Ask if the person feels any chest pain medication for a known heart condition.
=>Help the person take the medication (usually nitroglycerin, which is placed under the tongue).
=>If the pain does not go away promptly with rest or within 3 minutes of taking nitroglycerin, call for emergency medical help.
=>If the person feels strong pain in the chest and other upper body parts, then get the medication immediately.

DO NOT.
=>Do NOT leave the person alone even if you go to call for help, if necessary.
=>Do NOT allow the person to deny the symptoms and convince you not to call for emergency help.
=>Do NOT wait to see if the symptoms or/and pain go away.
=>Do NOT give the person anything by mouth unless a heart medication (such as nitroglycerin) has been prescribed.

How to prevent heart attack and when to contact a medical professional...?

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When to Contact a Medical Professional

..>If chest pain or other symptoms of a heart attack occur suddenly.
..>If an adult or child is can’t or is not breathing.

Prevention

Adults should take some steps to control heart disease risk factors whenever possible. If you smoke…then you know smoking doubles the chance of developing heart disease. Do you have blood pressure problems, cholesterol, and diabetes …? Then keep them in good control and follow with your doctor's orders.
If you are a fat person then try to loss weight. The best way to prevent heart attack and symptoms is “regular exercise” that will improve your heart health. (Talk to your doctor before starting any weight loss or new fitness program.)
Limit the amount of alcohol you drink. I want to tell you that please avoid alcohol; you can live some more days in earth. Only drink if you feel that is necessary. Try to drink only one in a day it will reduce the rate of heart attacks, but two or more drinks a day can damage the heart and also may cause other medical problems.

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What Is a Heart Attack..?

When blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked, then a heart attack occurs. If the required blood isn’t restored quickly, the section of heart muscle becomes damaged because the lack of oxygen and it begins to die.
Today heart attack is a leading killer of both men and women in the United States and England. But fortunately, today we have excellent treatments for heart attack that can save lives and prevent disabilities. Treatment is most effective when is started within 1 hour of beginning of symptoms. If you feel a pain in the chest sometimes…? Then that small pain may lead to a large painful heart attack, if have, then you must contact your nearest heart specialist for further details.

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Heart attacks occur most often as a result of a condition called coronary artery disease (CAD). In CAD, a fatty material called plaque (plak) builds up over many years on the inside walls of the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to your heart). Then, an area of plaque can rupture, causing a blood clot to form on the surface of the plaque. If the clot becomes large enough, it can mostly or completely block the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the part of the heart muscle fed by the artery.

Block in Artery

Figure ‘A’ is an overview of a heart and coronary artery showing damage (dead heart muscle) caused by a heart attack. Figure ‘B’ is a cross-section of the coronary artery with plaque buildup and a blood clot.

During a heart attack, if the blockage in the coronary artery isn’t treated quickly, the heart muscle will begin to die and be replaced by scar tissue. This heart damage may not be obvious, or it may cause severe or long-lasting symptoms and problems.
Problems linked to heart attack include heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats). Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood throughout the body. Ventricular fibrillation is a serious arrhythmia that can cause death if not treated quickly.

Common heart attack signs and symptoms

==> Chest discomfort or pain—uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain in the center of the chest that can be mild or strong. This discomfort or pain lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back.
==> Upper body gets discomforted in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.
Shortness of breath may occur with or before chest discomfort.
==>Other signs include nausea (feeling sick to your stomach), vomiting, lightheadedness or fainting, or breaking out in a cold sweat.

Result

In every year more than 1.1 million people in USA becomes hear patient and almost half dies.
If we give help to those patients immediately, then many more people could recover from heart attacks. The people who dies because of heart attacks, about half of them die within an hour of the first symptoms and before they reach the hospital.

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