Safety Moment - Heart Attack[1]

Safety Moment

Heart Attack First Aid on Yourself March 2012

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You start experiencing:

• Severe pain in the chest

• The pain starts to radiate out into the

arm and up into the jaw

Symptoms of a Heart Attack

What is a HEART ATTACK

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• you have an unusually hard day •you are tired

•you are upset or frustrated •you are stressed

Heart Attack May Occur When:


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• you may be far away from the nearest hospital

• you may be trained in CPR

and YET

• you may not know how to perform it on yourself

?

In Case of a Heart Attack


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Many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack Without help, they have only 10 seconds left before losing consciousness

10 SECONDS ONLY


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STEP 1

● Do not panic!

● Start coughing REPEATEDLY and VERY VIGOROUSLY!

Coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm

Perform Heart Attack FIRST AID ON YOURSELF

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● Take a deep breath before each cough

● The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

STEP 2

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs


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• Repeat breath and cough every 2 seconds

• Don’t let it up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital

STEP 3

Cough Breathe every 2 seconds


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• Memorize the three steps of the heart attack first aid on yourself!

• Share it with colleagues, friends and family. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!

• Don’t ever think that you are not prone to heart attack as your age is less than 25 or 30. Nowadays due to the changes in life style, heart attack is found among people of all age groups.

What Can You Do NOW?

Safety Moment - Heart Attack[1]

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