First aid for heart disease

The incidence of heart disease is getting higher and higher. There are many types of heart disease. The most common ones are coronary heart disease, congenital heart disease, myocarditis and other heart diseases. Heart disease has a great impact on us. Everyone should know that once a heart attack occurs, it is very sudden and causes great harm to our health. Therefore, everyone should learn more about the first aid methods for heart attacks.

First aid for heart attack

If you suddenly experience severe chest pain or tightness, adjust your body position immediately, maintain a more relaxed posture, and stay quiet. If the person turns pale and shows signs of shock, call an ambulance immediately. Although the chest pain symptoms improved after adopting a more relieving posture, I still needed to go to the hospital for examination and treatment.

Angina

If your chest feels as if it is tied up with a rope, it may be angina pectoris. When symptoms first occur, the first thing to do is to stay quiet. If the pain persists for 10 minutes, call an ambulance.

1. Loosen your tie, belt, buttons, etc. first.

2. Have the patient sit down and wait for the contractions to pass.

3. Keep the indoor air circulating and the temperature appropriate, and comfort the patient to stabilize his spirit.

When the disease relapses, you can take the following medicines:

1. Place the nitroglycerin prescribed by your doctor under your tongue and do not swallow it. It will take about 3-4 minutes for it to take effect.

2. If medication is ineffective, suspect a possible myocardial infarction and call an ambulance to the hospital immediately.

Acute myocardial infarction

symptom:

Sudden persistent pain behind the sternum or in front of the heart that cannot be relieved by rest or taking nitroglycerin, accompanied by systemic convulsions, confusion, vomiting, shock, etc., should be suspected of acute myocardial infarction. At this critical moment, the following points should be noted:

1. While closely monitoring vital signs, call an ambulance.

2. Loosen the patient's clothes, let the patient maintain a semi-sitting position or the position that the patient feels most comfortable in, and remain absolutely quiet.

3. Let the patient take nitroglycerin or quick-acting heart-saving pills first (if it is an angina attack, it can be relieved within 5 minutes).

The severe pain persists, radiating to the left wrist and back of the left hand, the face becomes pale, and the pulse becomes disordered, which is very dangerous. You can choose one of the following postures (based on whichever one makes the patient most comfortable) and remain there while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

1. If there is a table, let the patient lie on the table, using his hands as pillows under his head.

2. Fold the quilt high and let the patient lean his back against it and rest his head on the quilt.

It is very necessary to understand the first aid methods for heart disease. We often see in our daily lives that some people’s lives are threatened because they do not receive timely first aid when they have a heart attack. We should try our best to avoid such phenomena.