>> What is heart attack?
- Occurs when blood supply to vital organs gets blocked
- >50years / menopausal women at greater risk
- Occurs with / without chest pain
- Sudden arrest of breathing / heart function
- May result in cardiopulmonary arrest
- Clot in the arteries blocks blood supply
- Occurs due to:
a. Deposits of calcium / cholesterol
b. Hereditary factors
c. Tobacco
d. Obesity
e. High blood pressure
f. Emotional stress
g. Inflammatory disease of arteries
h. Trauma / disease of heart
>> Symptoms
- Chest pain
- Shoulder/arm pain
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
- Heartburn
- Nausea
- Abdominal pain
- 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
- Routine health check-up
- Avoid stress
- Quit smoking / alcohol
- Eat sensibly
- Control blood pressure / diabetes
- Control weight
