HEART ATTACK

FACTS

a.)  Hypomagnesemia is associated with cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death and  increased mortality in acute myocardial infarction

b.) 800,000 persons/yr in the US experience acute MI and 213,000 of them die

c.) Almost all heart attacks occur in people who have coronary artery disease (coronary atherosclerosis)

d.) According to medical studies, 50% to 75% of people survive their first heart attack 1/2 die w/in 1hr of onset of symptoms & b4 reaching a hospital
e.) Don’t seek medical care for 2hrs or more after symptom onset
f.)  Most wait 12 hours or more
g.)  Reperfusion therapy given beyond 12 hours may offer little benefit

HEART ATTACK SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

 CHEST PAIN

CHEST DISCOMFORT

Accompanied by breathing difficulty, diaphoresis, or a feeling of impending doom

DURING AND AFTER A HEART ATTACK PEOPLE CAN SUFFER THE FOLLOWING

        Suspect a heart attack, call emergency services or go to the nearest hospital emergency department

•          While waiting for the ambulance, chew 2 baby aspirin or at least half of a regular aspirin – at least 160mg

•          Nitroglycerin tablets, place one under your tongue

•          Take 10 – 25 drops CTMD placed beneath your tongue

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•          Chest pain continues in the next 5 mins,  take another dose of CTMD

•          After 3 doses of CTMD & still no relief,  immediately call emergency or go to the nearest emergency department

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Cardiac Arrest

•          sudden blockage of a coronary A.

•           may be fatal, but most patients survive it

•           Death can occur when the occlusion leads to an abnormal heartbeat (severe arrhythmia) or death of heart muscle (extensive myocardial infarction)

Death occurs:

•          Heart stops beating

•           No blood flow

•           No pulse

•           No blood flowing to the brain and other organs in the body, the person becomes unresponsive and stops breathing normally

CARDIAC ARREST

•          First thing to do is check for responsiveness

•          Gently shake the victim and shout, "Are you OK?"

•          No response to your voice or touch, they are unresponsive

•          If the victim is unresponsive & you are alone, leave the victim & immediately call emergency

•          If someone is with you, tell him or her to call emergency and then return to help you.

RESCUE BREATHING

•          Check for normal breathing

•          1st open the airway - Tilt the victim's head back by lifting the chin gently with one hand, while pushing down on the forehead with the other hand

•          Place your ear  to the victim's mouth & nose

•          See, hear, or feel any signs of normal breathing movement for no > 5–10 secs.

•          If none, you must breathe for the victim

•          Keep the head tilted back, place mouth around the victim's mouth & pinch the victim's nose shut

•          Give 2 slow breaths, make sure that the  chest rises with each breath

CHEST COMPRESSSION

•          Heel of one hand on the center of the chest, right bet. the nipples & the heel of the other hand on top of the 1^st hand

•          Lock elbows & position your shoulders directly above hands

•          Press down on the chest with enough force to move the breastbone down about 2 inches

•          Compress the chest 30x, at a rate of about 100x /min.

•          After 30 compressions, stop, open the airway again, & provide the next 2 slow breaths

•          Do 30 chest compressions

•          Continue until an  rescue unit arrives

Magnesium and the Heart

•          Dilate blood vessels

•           Prevent spasm in the heart muscle and blood vessel walls

•           Counteract the action of calcium, which increases spasm

•          Help dissolve blood clots (inhibiting platelet aggregation, promoting fibrinolysis just like the "clot busters")

•           Dramatically lessen the site of reperfusion injury and prevent arrhythmia

•          “Reperfusion injury" happens when  blood flow is rapidly restored to the heart causing  the release of so many free radicals that the heart can be damaged

•          Magnesium act as an antioxidant against the free radicals forming at the site of injury

•           Plays a crucial role in myocardial energy production

•          Preserve ischemic myocardial tissue – particularly important early in the evolution of an AMI, when the heart muscle is being deprived of oxygen and is in that "twilight zone" between cell recovery and cell death

•          For that benefit to be realized, magnesium has to be given before or during fibrinolytic therapy

•           Mg was most effective, when given during the first 24 hours