Glad that you're OK!
Posted on 07/15/2002 2:36:15 PM PDT by basil
"Reality is that life is largely a series of routine events. We get up in the morning. We brush our teeth . We put on clothes. We gather our keys, put them in our pocket or pocketbook and leave home for the days activities. We don’t generally give much real thought to these events in our lives but we know that improperly done there can be significant consequences. If teeth aren’t brushed, they will decay and fall out. If keys are left on the dresser, it may be a while before you can get back in your house.
The success of the HEART ATTACK FIRST AID KIT depends on a slight modification of one of these routine daily events. Each day the HEART ATTACK KIT must along with keys, wallet, and change , be put in your pocket or permanently placed in your pocketbook. The HEART ATTACK FIRST AID KIT must become as much a part of the things you always carry around and your ordinary daily routine as your set of keys. The first aid kit must go everywhere you go.
Keys can let you back in your house. The First aid kit can save your life>"
I wrote the above 3 years ago when I was developing a heart attack first aid kit. It's a simple device, a 1" diameter round metal box containing two aspirin tablets floating in plastic foam. I carry it always because I'm away from home several hours a day.
Bayer had a commercial of a man having a heart attack on a home basket ball court. I wondered...what if he were not at home? What If I were not at home?
Bayer has some good literature on the subject. They recommend chewing the tablet to speed the action. One is apparently enough.
Lastly, the same emergency treatment is recommend also for stroke or similar events.
Well Basil...you did well. A splendid example for us all.
Lol ... you are so true to form.
Thanks for a thought-provoking post.
I'm particularly taken by your feeling you were convulsing and screaming for help when -- in fact -- you were in cardiac arrest. Makes you think twice about what we really know about the wishes or feelings or thoughts of the comatose, the unconscious or the dying.
"Ratcage"...one of my friends had the chest pain and sweats and as the ParaMedics were speeding her to the hospital, they gave her 6 baby aspirins to chew..
Why the 6 baby aspirin? Ever heard of this?
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Thank you, dear Basil, I'll pass the word to my family and friends.
I have been assured by both of my physicians that I have sustained no damage to my heart muscle. I give sincere thanks to Almighty God.
I give thanks to Almighty God, also. Wow, you're heart stopped 4 times! Basil, God's got some more things for you to do, quite obviously. Praise be and thanks for this most interesting account. You've probably done a lot of good with telling it. But don't the burka bag to Pesto's wedding. I don't care how many colors your face may turn, it's better than wearing a bag! :)
Glad that you're OK!
I have heard all sorts of scenarios from people who have had one or witnessed one and some attacks are immediately debilitating.
My own dear brother died of a massive heart attack at age 43.
Hi, JimRob--thanks for thinking of me when I was in the hospital.
At work one day a customer began having a serious heart attack in front of her entire family. I found an asprin and gave it to her, later the family came back saying the Doctor felt it saved her life.
I'm so glad your back home and online, God bless and keep you.
Welcome to the Cardiac Cath Club. Aspirin is why I'm here as well or so Dr Corcoran told me 7 years ago when I met Mr.Impending Doom.:-}
Our prayers are with you and yours.
To think we had a president who once bombed an aspirin factory.
Chalk up another one.
Secondly, your suggestion about the aspirn is good advice.
One important suggestion though... for goodness sake, if you think you are having a heart attack, DON'T STAND UP. Just getting out of your chair can kill you.
Sit down and stay down! If you can't sit, lie on the floor, on your side.
Thanks also to the skilled paramedics who saved your life, and the physicians and nurses, and for your good advice. Do you need an implantable defibrillator a la the VP?
I'm so glad that you are okay.
God bless you and your family.
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