On December 18, Xie Zhikun, the husband of the famous singer Mao Amin, died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 60, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars of property. In recent years, we will hear from time to time a celebrity or celebrity sudden heart attack or sudden death news, and ordinary people are more numerous, it can be said that the hospital emergency department will receive chest pain patients almost every day, cardiologist intervention surgery is also more and more, the weather is cold in winter, myocardial infarction patients are especially many!
Moreover, although middle-aged and elderly people and patients with hypertensive coronary heart disease are the high incidence of acute myocardial infarction, young people without underlying diseases are also not spared, so no matter who it is, what we have to do is to prepare in advance and plan ahead. Today, this article is to tell you, when a heart attack occurs, what should we do to save ourselves?
Symptoms of acute myocardial infarction
As a lay medical worker, you first need to understand what symptoms will occur when an acute myocardial infarction occurs, so as not to miss the best treatment time for other diseases. When acute myocardial infarction occurs, the typical symptoms are mainly sudden persistent pressing pain in the precordial region, the patient will obviously feel the feeling of imminent death, and may be accompanied by cold sweat, pale face, wet and cold limbs, difficulty breathing, etc., but sometimes myocardial infarction will also have atypical symptoms, such as abdominal pain, shoulder and back pain and even toothache.
When a heart attack occurs, what can I do to save myself?
1. Learn to lie flat
Lying flat here is not the meaning of the current popular term, but to let everyone really lie down when a heart attack occurs, the purpose of which is to rest and reduce the oxygen consumption of the heart muscle! Because myocardial infarction is caused by ischemia and hypoxic necrosis of cardiomyocytes caused by severe coronary artery ischemia, any activity at this time will increase the oxygen consumption of cardiomyocytes, aggravate the disease, it can be said that it will accelerate the death of patients, so when a myocardial infarction occurs, lie down as soon as possible, absolute bed rest. Some milder myocardial infarction may resolve spontaneously after lying flat for a period of rest.
When some so-called myocardial infarction occurs on the Internet, the so-called first aid methods such as slapping the elbow or needle pricking and bleeding, coughing hard, etc., may actually aggravate the myocardial oxygen consumption of the patient's heart attack, resulting in the aggravation of the patient's condition, which is not advisable!
2. Open the door
If a person is at home, when you feel unwell, you can open the door first so that neighbors or ambulance personnel can come in to rescue them, so as not to delay the treatment time.
3. Call 120 or your dearest person as soon as possible
If the patient is still conscious, then you need to notify 120 or relatives in time, but when dialing 120, you need to clearly inform yourself of the symptoms and home address, it may take some time, some patients, especially middle-aged and elderly patients, may not be able to wait, then it is best to call the phone of their closest people, directly tell their relatives that they are uncomfortable, and let the relatives help dial the 120 emergency number. Now smart phones have a one-click call function, and netizens with elderly people at home can help the elderly's phone set up a one-click call, which allows the elderly to get help as soon as possible when they need help.
4. Some first aid medications are available at home
Middle-aged and elderly people or patients with hypertensive coronary heart disease, usually at home can always have some emergency drugs such as nitroglycerin tablets, aspirin enteric-coated tablets, etc., and these first-aid drugs are usually best carried around or placed in places that can be easily obtained at home. When a heart attack occurs, while waiting for rescue, nitroglycerin tablets can be taken under the tongue or 300 mg of aspirin enteric-coated tablets taken orally, these emergency drugs can help save lives. However, it should be noted that nitroglycerin tablets are not suitable for patients with myocardial infarction with significant hypotension or bradycardia.
All of this knowledge may be able to save lives in times of crisis. As ordinary people without professional knowledge, we should usually learn some simple first aid knowledge, because there is a saying that is correct, none of us know which one will come first tomorrow and accident.
bibliography:
[1] 2015 China Emergency Acute Coronary Syndrome Clinical Practice Guideline III – Treatment and Prognosis
[2] Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (2016)
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