Nowadays, cases of heart attack or cardiac arrest are being seen a lot while walking, doing gym, dancing, sitting. In this, the person dies in just a few minutes. Often people do not understand anything at first and they start taking him to the hospital but by then it is too late and after death it is known that he had a heart attack. Therefore, according to heart experts, if the person is given cardio pulmonary resuscitation i.e. CPR by someone on the spot within 10 minutes, then more than 50 percent of the people can be saved even without taking him to the hospital. But the biggest question is how to identify that the person in front has had a heart attack or cardiac arrest and he did not fall unconscious due to some other disease? So let’s know the answer to this..
AIIMS in New Delhi Dr. Sanjeev Bhoi, Professor of Emergency Medicine He says that a person does not die immediately after a heart attack or cardiac arrest, it takes some time. If the heart is activated immediately by giving CPR and oxygen starts reaching the brain and other parts of the body, then the person can survive. In such a situation, everyone from children to adults should know how to give CPR, and also know how to identify whether the person in front has had a cardiac arrest or a minor heart attack, or some other problem.
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Dr. Bhoi says that many times patients fall unconscious due to minor heart attack or other diseases. In such a situation, how to identify that cardiac arrest has occurred and there is a danger to life. How to understand when to give CPR, understand it from 3 signs.
. The first sign is that the person stops breathing. If the patient stops breathing as soon as he faints, then assume that he has suffered a cardiac arrest or a heart attack.
. The second sign is the absence of pulse or heartbeat. Feel the pulse of the patient’s hand and neck, if there is no pulse then assume that there has been a heart attack.
. The third sign is that no part of the body is moving. If the hand, leg or any body part is not moving then it is a sign of heart attack. After seeing these three conditions, start giving CPR to the person immediately.
. Immediately lay the patient straight on his back on a flat surface.
2. Now place one of your hands on top of the other, place both hands in the middle of the patient’s chest and put weight on the hands and press them hard. Try to do this at least 100 times in a minute.
3. When you apply pressure, allow the chest to return to normal position after the pressure. Do this until the patient regains breath or reaches a medical emergency.
Do not give CPR if you miss even a single signal
Dr. Bhoi says that if any one of these three signs is missing, say the patient is breathing, or his pulse is running, or he is moving his hands and legs, then do not give him CPR, but immediately take him to a hospital, it is possible that he has had a mild heart attack and not a cardiac arrest. Or there may be some other problem.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 26, 2024, 12:21 IST