I received this the other day from Bernie. It is similar to the one I wrote some time ago. I had my heart attack almost three years ago, with basically, no symptoms, I just did not look or feel good. Every night, by my bed, a shot glass with two aspirins and a bottle of water, with a loose cap (all I have to do is lift the cap off). I use the shot glass so I don't have to be concerned about a lid. I had more hits on that blog than any so far.........
Aspirin
1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night, the reason: aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life". therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in your system.
2. FYI, aspirin lasts a really long time in your medicine chest, years. (when it gets old, it smells like vinegar.)
WHY ASPIRIN BY YOUR BED save lives .... It is important to always have ASPIRIN in the home!!!
Why have Aspirin by your bedside?
ABOUT HEART ATTACKS
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
NOTE: There may be no pain in the chest during a heart attack.
The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up.
However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, IMMEDIATELY DISSOLVE TWO ASPIRINS IN YOUR MOUTH and swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards, phone a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by and state "HEART ATTACK!!!" and that you have taken 2 ASPIRINS
Take a seat on a chair or sofa and wait for their arrival and ...... DO NOT LIE DOWN !!!
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
ASPIRIN BY THE BEDSIDE ...... UPDATE
I thought I would update my BLOG with this additional information. I will try to get an difinitive answer ..... if there is one .... I do like the "chew" and "call 911"
(Not a medical professional, but)
Taking one or two aspirin immediately if you suspect a heart attack IS standard medical advice. Calling a friend or neighbor IS NOT. Call 911 and then follow the instructions.
A lot of people don't want to call 911, maybe because they're in denial about how serious it might be, they don't want the neighbors gawking, they don't want the bill, they think it's not serious enough and don't want to tie up an ambulance for "someone who might really need it" - the reasoning goes, "by the time the ambulance gets here and loads me up, I could already be ten minutes closer to the hospital in my car." But you won't have a defibrillator, you won't have trained paraprofessionals, you won't have access to oxygen, and you won't be able to call the emergency room and tell them to prep a cardiac/MI suite and get the on-call cardiologist into the department.
Don't let the aspirin dissolve - chew it. The idea is to get it into your system as quickly as possible. When it's not in pressed tablet form, it enters the bloodstream more quickly, but the time it would take to dissolve in the mouth would defeat the purpose. (If, like me, the idea of chewing aspirin makes you gag, you could crush it before swallowing.)
And do tell the dispatcher and the EMTs that you took aspirin, and how many. The SOP is to administer aspirin to anyone with a suspected MI, but aspirin is a blood thinner, and if you wind up needing to have surgery, too much of an anticoagulation effect can cause excessive bleeding.
The part about the aspirin could help save lives; the part about calling a friend or neighbor could endanger lives.
(Not a medical professional, but)
Taking one or two aspirin immediately if you suspect a heart attack IS standard medical advice. Calling a friend or neighbor IS NOT. Call 911 and then follow the instructions.
A lot of people don't want to call 911, maybe because they're in denial about how serious it might be, they don't want the neighbors gawking, they don't want the bill, they think it's not serious enough and don't want to tie up an ambulance for "someone who might really need it" - the reasoning goes, "by the time the ambulance gets here and loads me up, I could already be ten minutes closer to the hospital in my car." But you won't have a defibrillator, you won't have trained paraprofessionals, you won't have access to oxygen, and you won't be able to call the emergency room and tell them to prep a cardiac/MI suite and get the on-call cardiologist into the department.
Don't let the aspirin dissolve - chew it. The idea is to get it into your system as quickly as possible. When it's not in pressed tablet form, it enters the bloodstream more quickly, but the time it would take to dissolve in the mouth would defeat the purpose. (If, like me, the idea of chewing aspirin makes you gag, you could crush it before swallowing.)
And do tell the dispatcher and the EMTs that you took aspirin, and how many. The SOP is to administer aspirin to anyone with a suspected MI, but aspirin is a blood thinner, and if you wind up needing to have surgery, too much of an anticoagulation effect can cause excessive bleeding.
The part about the aspirin could help save lives; the part about calling a friend or neighbor could endanger lives.
Friday, July 10, 2009
ASPIRIN BY THE BEDSIDE ...... UPDATE
I thought I would update my BLOG with this additional information. I will try to get an difinitive answer ..... if there is one .... I do like the "chew" and "call 911"
(Not a medical professional, but)
Taking one or two aspirin immediately if you suspect a heart attack IS standard medical advice. Calling a friend or neighbor IS NOT. Call 911 and then follow the instructions.
A lot of people don't want to call 911, maybe because they're in denial about how serious it might be, they don't want the neighbors gawking, they don't want the bill, they think it's not serious enough and don't want to tie up an ambulance for "someone who might really need it" - the reasoning goes, "by the time the ambulance gets here and loads me up, I could already be ten minutes closer to the hospital in my car." But you won't have a defibrillator, you won't have trained paraprofessionals, you won't have access to oxygen, and you won't be able to call the emergency room and tell them to prep a cardiac/MI suite and get the on-call cardiologist into the department.
Don't let the aspirin dissolve - chew it. The idea is to get it into your system as quickly as possible. When it's not in pressed tablet form, it enters the bloodstream more quickly, but the time it would take to dissolve in the mouth would defeat the purpose. (If, like me, the idea of chewing aspirin makes you gag, you could crush it before swallowing.)
And do tell the dispatcher and the EMTs that you took aspirin, and how many. The SOP is to administer aspirin to anyone with a suspected MI, but aspirin is a blood thinner, and if you wind up needing to have surgery, too much of an anticoagulation effect can cause excessive bleeding.
The part about the aspirin could help save lives; the part about calling a friend or neighbor could endanger lives.
(Not a medical professional, but)
Taking one or two aspirin immediately if you suspect a heart attack IS standard medical advice. Calling a friend or neighbor IS NOT. Call 911 and then follow the instructions.
A lot of people don't want to call 911, maybe because they're in denial about how serious it might be, they don't want the neighbors gawking, they don't want the bill, they think it's not serious enough and don't want to tie up an ambulance for "someone who might really need it" - the reasoning goes, "by the time the ambulance gets here and loads me up, I could already be ten minutes closer to the hospital in my car." But you won't have a defibrillator, you won't have trained paraprofessionals, you won't have access to oxygen, and you won't be able to call the emergency room and tell them to prep a cardiac/MI suite and get the on-call cardiologist into the department.
Don't let the aspirin dissolve - chew it. The idea is to get it into your system as quickly as possible. When it's not in pressed tablet form, it enters the bloodstream more quickly, but the time it would take to dissolve in the mouth would defeat the purpose. (If, like me, the idea of chewing aspirin makes you gag, you could crush it before swallowing.)
And do tell the dispatcher and the EMTs that you took aspirin, and how many. The SOP is to administer aspirin to anyone with a suspected MI, but aspirin is a blood thinner, and if you wind up needing to have surgery, too much of an anticoagulation effect can cause excessive bleeding.
The part about the aspirin could help save lives; the part about calling a friend or neighbor could endanger lives.
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