What do you do if someone if having a heart attack, other than calling 911?

Question

What should you do if someone is having a heart attack, other than calling 911? What can you do to help the person? If they are not conscious, should you perform CPR?

Answer 1

Just because they are unconcious, does not mean they are not breathing. Hopefully your checking to see before you start blowing air into them and pumping on their chest. Go to CPR class.

Answer 2

911

Answer 3

1. You NEVER perform CPR on a person who is conscious.
2. If the person is conscious, give them ASPIRIN--not tylenol or ibuprofen.
3. Have them lie back, with their legs up higher than their heart.
4. Loosen their clothes
5. Keep people back.
6. If medical oxygen is available...give it.
7. Perform CPR ONLY when they are unconscious, with no detectable pulse or respiration.

Answer 4

You still need to call 911, but if they are conscious, you want to have them crush an aspirin in their mouth. This causes the blood to thin and the heart recieves more, which could be the difference between life and death.

Answer 5

if they are not conscious, yes perform CPR.

if they are conscious give them an aspirin. This is not a joke. Taking aspirin can save the person from some serious heart damage when having a heart attack.

Answer 6

1) Reassurance.
2) Soluble Disprin 300mg by mouth.
3) Tell him to cough as it results in contraction of heart.
4) If the patient's is unconscious you can start mouth to mouth respiration.
5)only a person trained in CPR can proceed further.
6) Wait for the medics to arrive.

Answer 7

Lay him on the safe area in other to restore respiration back then call 911. t