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What Should Be The Best Thing Done If Someone Had A Heart Attack And Collapsed?
Question: If someone had a heart attack and collapsed what should happen?!
Could moving the patient cause added stress to the heart
Could moving the patient cause added stress to the heart
Brief Answer:
Call the EMS immediately
Detailed Answer:
Hello
As per your query I would like to tell you that No it would not cause any stress to heart. Infact the patient should be placed on a hard flat surface.
Emergency medical services should be called right away. Then the bystander should check for the pulse of the patient. If there is no pulse and the patient is not breathing then CPR should be started immediately.
I hope this information will answer your query.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Call the EMS immediately
Detailed Answer:
Hello
As per your query I would like to tell you that No it would not cause any stress to heart. Infact the patient should be placed on a hard flat surface.
Emergency medical services should be called right away. Then the bystander should check for the pulse of the patient. If there is no pulse and the patient is not breathing then CPR should be started immediately.
I hope this information will answer your query.
Kind Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
This happened to my dad and on his first attack he was unconscious - came round and was responsive and was encouraged to stand up and walk to a cooler area in his workplace - no ambulance was called at that point. Within 40 seconds of his being walked to another area he had another attack and was frothing at the mouth and lost conciousness - at this point no cpr was given as the first aided was apparently trying to clear his airways (for 7 minutes) - he consequently died! Could this have been avoided should he have not been moved
Brief Answer:
Hello Again
Detailed Answer:
Am Sorry to hear about your loss.
It was unfortunate that no one thought of calling emergency services during the first attack.
The second attack wasn't caused by just making him stand up and move around a bit. It was the body's self defence what made him come back to life by opening up the clogged heart blood vessels for sometime.
Whenever this happens there is always a high possibility of having another major attack if proper cardiac first aid doesn't happen.
Things would have been different if he would have recieved immediate medical help after first attack or first cardiac arrest.
I hope this information will guide you properly. May his soul rest in peace.
Regards
Dr Bhanu partap
Hello Again
Detailed Answer:
Am Sorry to hear about your loss.
It was unfortunate that no one thought of calling emergency services during the first attack.
The second attack wasn't caused by just making him stand up and move around a bit. It was the body's self defence what made him come back to life by opening up the clogged heart blood vessels for sometime.
Whenever this happens there is always a high possibility of having another major attack if proper cardiac first aid doesn't happen.
Things would have been different if he would have recieved immediate medical help after first attack or first cardiac arrest.
I hope this information will guide you properly. May his soul rest in peace.
Regards
Dr Bhanu partap
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
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