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| Having a Heart Attack or SURVIVING ONE |
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Let’s assume you believe you are having a heart attack. What do you do? We are going to go through some very simple steps. In our Research Report, we cover things in much more detail, but this is what you need to know now. |
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You suspect a heart attack – Follow
Action Steps to save your life NOW |
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| The Action Steps |
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- No hesitancy, you must ACT NOW. It is up to others to determine if you are in fact having a heart attack. Your decision is to assume you are, and act on it.
- You DIAL 911, and state “I believe I am having a heart attack, please send an ambulance to” and give your Name, and address, and phone number although 911 should see your name on their machines. You do the phone call FIRST because you may pass out within seconds. You need that ambulance.
- Your uncertainty about whether the attack is real or not, is what will KILL you. Do not let embarrassment, or a let’s wait-and-see approach take your life from you. If the heart attack is real, every second without intervention will do more and more damage, because living tissue on the other side of the blockage begins to die by the second without life giving blood to nurture it.
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| This patient wanted a relative to drive
her to the hospital – she never made it
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- SPECIAL NOTE: If you believe you are having a heart attack, NEVER EVER drive yourself to the hospital. There are several reasons: 1) You may never make it to the hospital. Fifty percent of heart attack victims die before getting to the hospital. A high percentage either attempted to drive themselves or were driven by a friend or family member. 2) Ambulance personnel have clot busting drugs on board that can stop a heart attack dead in its tracks. Do you keep those in your car? 3) The same technicians can confirm the attack in the ambulance and call ahead so that there will be no loss of time in the emergency room, while someone with a cut finger takes precedence.
- Immediately get a full strength aspirin into your mouth and swallow it. We don’t care if you have no water handy, break the pill up if you have to, but get it down your throat. Studies show that this simple act by itself will lessen the effects of a heart attack.
- If time permits, call your family doctor and inform his staff, and that an ambulance is coming for you. He will probably arrange to meet you at the hospital, and may call ahead to alert them.
- If you are able to, unlock the door to your house or apartment to make entry easier. I would leave the door slightly ajar for the ambulance personnel to walk right in.
- If time permits and you are able to, gather up your personal information such as insurance card which should already be on you. Also bring your personal medical history if you have one and you should, and a copy of the names and dosages of all drugs you are currently taking, plus any history of allergies.
- When you are in the ambulance, if there is a specific hospital that your doctor would like you to go to (assuming you have had this previous discussion with your doctor) ask the attendant if it is possible. Some hospitals have much more extensive heart care facilities than others. You should be aware of them.
- You are in good hands, these techies know what they are doing, and they are there to try to save your life, just try to relax, cooperate, and chances are you will be all right, because you did everything you could do, to help this situation turn out okay. You followed the action steps.
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This patient followed the Action
Steps – Didn’t Hesitate – Got
there in time – Turned out OK |
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