Heart attack- First Aid and Emergency Treatment Guide

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Heart Attack

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   What is Heart attack?
   Symptoms
   First aid
   Prevention

Symptoms

First aid

Try to relax
Loosen tight clothes
Take medicines if any
Pain subsides within 3 min of medicine intake
If not, see a doctor.
Give artifical respiration if required
Give Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) :
a. If no pulse is detected
b. By placing palm on chest to pump
15 pumps are followed by 2 artificial respiration
Continue till ambulance / doctor arrives

Prevention

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY(ICE)-Life Saving Measures

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I have a continuous pain in my chest on left side..the pain is very low but extends upto left shoulder and then to arm also...it continues for a couple of days with some times only feeling of sweating..is this a cause of concern..I have consulted doctors a few times but tests were negative...still they asked me to take medicine for cholesterol, BP and Asprin...besides keeping clonazepam mouth dissolving tablets at home....Is there a cause of concern...should I go for angiography...please suggest. King C Bharati (Posted by KingCBharati, N/A Date : 1/15/2012 )