If you suspect someone you are with is having a heart attack: • Call our number or your local access number for emergency medical service. Tell the dispatcher where you are and that someone is having a heart attack. Do not hang up until you are told to do so • While waiting for helpoto arrive, assist the victim by getting him/her into a relaxed sitting position, with the legs up and bent at the knees, to ease strain on the heart • Loosen tight clothing especially around the neck and waist • Also be calm and reassuring that medical help is on the way to reduce stress • If the victim is conscious, give the man adult aspirin with water.
TAKE ACTION
Everyday you make choices that help protect yourself and your family. In fact, protecting yourself has become second nature – you just do it. But do you know what you can do to help protect yourself from this number 1 cause of death – Heart Disease? For my car, I want the best mechanic.
But for my own body, I follow hearsay and advice from friends, kitty party, local quacks … just anyone. And decide for the worst … anyway.
CREATIVE STRATEGIES DO NOT WORK!
- Never had a test or retest • Never been to doctor • Never take medicines • My BP is normal, so stopped meds • I am my own doctor … no fees too.
Talk with our doctors about your individual risk factors and what you can do to lower your risk for heart disease.
NON-CLINICAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES
- Look before you eat: Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day. Add grain products to your diet. Eat nonfat or low-fat products, and use less meats, chicken, fish and lean cuts. Switch to fat-free milk-toned/skimmed milk.
- Give up smoking • Get at least 7 hours of good quality ‘sleep each night • Reduce mental stress • Reduce your salt in-take • Limit/avoid foods rich in cholesterol and saturated fats such as egg yolk, fatty meat and organ meat (liver), butter chicken, batter fried fish, milk fat (e.g. cheese, ice-cream and full cream milk), pastries, cakes, and so on • Exercise, Exercise, Exercise • Ultimately, make lifestyle adjustments including diet, smoking cessation, stress reduction and exercise.
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