Heart Attack First Aid

Heart attack first aid knowledge can be of great help in case of heart attack emergency. The first hour of a heart attack is the "golden hour" where immediate help can increases the chances of recovery of the patient. This is a brief guide to the emergency first aid in heart attack.

Heart Attack First Aid : If You are With the Patient
-The first rule of emergency first aid in heart attack says, call for help but stay with the patient.
-Ask the person to lie down comfortable and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue.
-Or immediately place the palm of your hand flat on the patient's chest just over the lower part of the breast bone. Then press your hand in a pumping motion just 2-3 times by using the other hand. This may make the heart beat again.
-Ask the patient to cough so that there is blood circulation.
-In severe cases provide artificial respiration and begin CPR.

Heart Attack First Aid : If You are a Patient
-Stop whatever you're doing and sit down or lie down.
-Take emergency tablet as prescribed by your doctor. Or take an aspirin unless you are allergic to aspirin.
- Call for help.
- If you can get to the hospital faster by car, have someone drive you. Do not drive yourself to the hospital.

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Emergency First Aid in Heart Attack
Apart from performing the above mentioned heart attack emergency pointers, a patient can be given artificial respiration (mouth to mouth resuscitation) and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) as emergency first aid in heart attack. Both these procedures have to be performed together. Though, one needs to be properly trained on resuscitation dummies for doing CPR and artificial respiration on a patient. Mentioned under are the details of:

• Artificial Respiration
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  

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How to give Artificial Respiration?
-Tilt the head of the patient backwards and lift up his chin.
-Next, pinch shut the nostrils of the patient with two fingers so as to prevent air leakage.

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