Heart Disease
Heart Attack
Every Minute Counts
| Catalog #: | HA-26 |
|---|---|
| Duration: | 10 minutes |
| Format(s): |   |
| Language(s): | English |
Summary
This program discusses symptoms such as indigestion, heartburn, sweating, and shortness of breath. Stresses the importance of recognizing these warning signs and quickly getting to the hospital. Covers treatment with blood clot dissolving medication.
Details
This program explores two possible scenarios for a heart attack sufferer:
- treatment received early and the patient recovers
- treatment is delayed and the patient dies
There is usually some warning prior to a heart attack. Discomfort may be:
- in center of chest, upper abdomen, arm
- feeling of indigestion
- sweating
- shortness of breath
Sometimes symptoms are ignored because they are not always severe.
Denial is a natural reaction to the symptoms of a heart attack.
Symptoms do not go away.
In most cases if the patient gets to the hospital alive, he survives.
Drugs are used to help dissolve blood clots and restore blood flow to the heart.
Time comes when you can no longer deny what is happening, often that is too late.
Mild symptoms may occur a day or two before the attack.
Discomfort is often not severe.
Any pain pressure or burning between stomach and chin that lasts more that a few minutes, go to the emergency room.