How To Survive A Heart Attack When You’re Alone

Dr. Alan Mandel emphasizes the importance of staying calm and following these steps to improve survival chances:

Simple is best

Here’s how you will survive a heart attack alone: briefly.

So, you will need to get help as quickly as possible. 90% of people who make it to a hospital alive, go on to survive their heart attack, so that’s your top priority.

Call emergency services as soon as you suspect you are having a heart attack. Stay on the line, and stay calm.

While having a heart attack is not an experience that’s very conducive to relaxation, heightened emotions will exacerbate things, so focus on breathing calmly. One of the commonly reported symptoms of heart attack that doesn’t often make it to official lists is “a strong sense of impending doom”, and that is actually helpful as it helps separate it from “is this indigestion?” or such, but once you have acknowledged “yes, this is probably a heart attack”, you need to put those feelings aside for later.

If you have aspirin available, Dr. Mandel says that the time to take it is once you have called an ambulance. However, if aspirin is not readily available, do not exert yourself trying to find some; indeed, don’t move more than necessary.

Do not drive yourself to hospital; it will increase the risk of fainting, and you may crash.

While you are waiting, your main job is to remain calm; he recommends deep breathing, and lying with knees elevated or feet on a chair; this latter is to minimize the strain on your heart.

For more on all this, plus the key symptoms and risk factors, enjoy:

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Take care!