First Aid For A Heart Attack

FIRST AID FOR A HEART ATTACK HEART ATTACK IN THE US ffft About 600,00O people 1 in every 4 deaths in the US is due to a Every year, about 715,000 die from heart disease in the heart disease. Americans have a heart attack. United States each year. EMERGENCY FIRST STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN A HEART ATTACK Call 911 or your local emergency medical assistance number if the pain persists for more than 3 minutes. Keep the person calm and still. Put the person in a sitting positition, with knees raised and back supported. Chew and swallow an aspirin (325 mg) slowly, unless you're allergic or otherwise prescribed by your doctor. Loosen any tight clothing. Take prescribed medicines if any. Give CPR if the person is unconscious his breathing or pulse stops CPR is the combination of both chest compressions, to support the heart, and artificial respiration, to support the lungs. Give artifical respiration if required : Oxygen support or AED (Automated External Defibrillators). Take nitroglycerin : Upto three pills, one at a time every 5 minutes. IMPORTANCE OF FIRST AID For every minute that a person is not breathing, the chance of survival decreases by 10%. CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest. In 4 minutes the victim starts In an emergency the first 10 minutes are most important. to develop brain damage. FIRST AID If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a 40% chance of survival. FIRST AID FACTS Artificial resuscitation is useful: Exhaled air has 16% oxygen which can be absorbed by victim's lungs. Defibrillation does not transfer any significant electrical current to a fetus, so it is safe to use on a pregnant woman. Mobile phone or radio signals within 6 feet of an AED can disrupt analysis. Administer emergency oxygen if an adult is breathing fewer than 12 breaths per minute. Oxygen cylinders are labeled "U.S.P." which indicates the oxygen is to be used for medical purposes. Agonal breathing is a gasping noise people make during cardiac arrest. It can be mistaken for breathing. Pulse should be checked with fingers and not with thumb. Sources Presented By Adams http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-aid-heart-attack/FA00050 http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/med/heart/h2/attack.htm http://www.cdc.gov/features/heartmonth/ http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/AEDquickfacts http://www.medindia.net/patients/Firstaid-heartattack.htm#ixzz2abyAND6T http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/heartattack.htm#ixzz2abyN55fW SAFETY TRAINING Prepared By Media Mosaic DIFFerentiate yourself..