What todo in Heart Attack Treatment ?
Heart Attack Treatment If you believe that you are having the symptoms of a heart attack, please call 911 immediately. When a heart attack strikes, the key thing to remember is that time equals muscle . The longer the delay in seeking medical care, the more heart muscle will be damaged. There is a window of opportunity to restore blood supply to the heart muscle by unblocking the affected heart artery. Treatments must be done in a hospital and include administration of clot-busting drugs to dissolve the clot at the site of the ruptured plaque and heart catheterization and angioplasty (in which the blood vessel is opened by balloon, often with adjunctive placement of a stent), or both. Self-Care at Home The first step to take when chest pain occurs is to call 911 and activate the Emergency Medical System. First responders, EMTs and paramedics can begin treating a heart attack enroute to the hospital, alert the Emergency Department that the patient is on the way, and treat some of the ...
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