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When someone hears the word stroke or chest pain, they automatically relate it to an attack on the body. However, for some, the interpretation is flawed and confusing. For instance, a stroke is the same as a brain attack. Chest pain, no matter how differential it may be, is primarily a heart attack until proven otherwise. Therefore, the discomfort that someone feels in the head may be a brain attack, and the discomfort that someone feels in their chest may be a heart attack. So, what is a brain attack, and what is a heart attack?
For the brain to work fully and comfortably, perfusion must be smooth and without disruption. Perfusion is when blood flows through the body from the heart and supplies organs with rich oxygenated blood. Without that rich oxygenated blood, those organs will become ill. So ill that they get to the point of dying. Those organs send out a signal indicating that they are in trouble. For the brain, that signal may be confusion, headache (depending on whether the injury is a bleed or an occlusion), blurred vision, double vision, nausea, vomiting, weakness on one side of the body, unequal pupils, pinpoint, pupils, drooling, and other signs that may be related to that. The brain is feeling bad and is lacking sufficient amounts of oxygenated blood, so if these signs are ignored, these signs will become irreversible, or death may occur. These signs are indicative of a brain attack that is treatable with early intervention with the most appropriate stroke facility that has some of the best neurologists and emergency room doctors.
The heart attack is practically the same thing as perfusion is interrupted to part or all areas of the heart, and pain occurs. There may be mild to severe chest tightness that feels like a band is wrapped around it. In some instances, people describe an elephant sitting on their chest. These symptoms are life-threatening and are corrected by medication and the intervention of a doctor. The doctor may not be a cardiologist at the first treatment location because the situation is an emergency. Once the emergency doctor stabilizes the victim, the intensive care unit is prepared for them to spend the next few days, depending on how well you heal or respond to the treatment. A cardiologist is now involved until you are discharged from ICU, and eventually, the hospital.
The brain attack and the heart attack are massively different but so close in severity, and proximity. The damage to the body can be profound if the problem is not corrected. On the other hand, there are ways to pretreat those signals that the brain and heart give off when they are in distress. For the brain with an occlusive injury, calling 911 is the first most important part. Next, sitting up straight and making no attempt to walk is paramount. If a person tries to walk while having a brain attack, he or she will fall and sustain secondary injuries that may also be life-threatening. It is best not to hesitate when the brain is being attacked. Any delay could be detrimental and irreversible damage will occur.
For the heart attack, a person will die with irreversible heart damage if not treated immediately. First, relax and do not exert yourself. Call 911 or have someone else do that. If you have a fall button, push it! If you have chewable baby aspirin, medical protocols require that you take three to four of them. However, if you have bleeding ulcers, check with your doctor well in advance to prevent secondary injury. The heart is at its defining moment and will cease to beat if action is not taken. When the heart stops, and the brain fails to work, which also causes the heart to stop, CPR, and the use of the AED is the best option until help arrives. The CPR permits artificial perfusion that is sufficient enough to keep the victim alive until advanced life support arrives.
Advanced life support is highly trained to recognize and treat a heart attack and a brain attack. Their actions are methodical and calculated. The survival rate of people calling 9111 is better than those who do not and ignore their symptoms. Think effectively with extending living as a focal point. Your actions will decide your future.
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Ennis is an Advance Life Support caregiver providing emergency care, training, motivating and educating on a national level for over 35 years with strong concentration and enormous success in business consultation, motivational and safety speaking, minor project management and customer service management. Ennis has been a Supervisor and Associate Supervisor in California, Okinawa Japan, and S. Korea with experience in leading teams and managing large groups of personnel.
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When someone hears the word stroke or chest pain, they automatically relate it to an attack on the body. However, for some, the interpretation is flawed and confusing. For instance, a stroke is the same as a brain attack. Chest pain, no matter how differential it may be, is primarily a heart attack until proven otherwise. Therefore, the discomfort that someone feels in the head may be a brain attack, and the discomfort that someone feels in their chest may be a heart attack. So, what is a brain attack, and what is a heart attack?
For the brain to work fully and comfortably, perfusion must be smooth and without disruption. Perfusion is when blood flows through the body from the heart and supplies organs with rich oxygenated blood. Without that rich oxygenated blood, those organs will become ill. So ill that they get to the point of dying. Those organs send out a signal indicating that they are in trouble. For the brain, that signal may be confusion, headache (depending on whether the injury is a bleed or an occlusion), blurred vision, double vision, nausea, vomiting, weakness on one side of the body, unequal pupils, pinpoint, pupils, drooling, and other signs that may be related to that. The brain is feeling bad and is lacking sufficient amounts of oxygenated blood, so if these signs are ignored, these signs will become irreversible, or death may occur. These signs are indicative of a brain attack that is treatable with early intervention with the most appropriate stroke facility that has some of the best neurologists and emergency room doctors.
The heart attack is practically the same thing as perfusion is interrupted to part or all areas of the heart, and pain occurs. There may be mild to severe chest tightness that feels like a band is wrapped around it. In some instances, people describe an elephant sitting on their chest. These symptoms are life-threatening and are corrected by medication and the intervention of a doctor. The doctor may not be a cardiologist at the first treatment location because the situation is an emergency. Once the emergency doctor stabilizes the victim, the intensive care unit is prepared for them to spend the next few days, depending on how well you heal or respond to the treatment. A cardiologist is now involved until you are discharged from ICU, and eventually, the hospital.
The brain attack and the heart attack are massively different but so close in severity, and proximity. The damage to the body can be profound if the problem is not corrected. On the other hand, there are ways to pretreat those signals that the brain and heart give off when they are in distress. For the brain with an occlusive injury, calling 911 is the first most important part. Next, sitting up straight and making no attempt to walk is paramount. If a person tries to walk while having a brain attack, he or she will fall and sustain secondary injuries that may also be life-threatening. It is best not to hesitate when the brain is being attacked. Any delay could be detrimental and irreversible damage will occur.
For the heart attack, a person will die with irreversible heart damage if not treated immediately. First, relax and do not exert yourself. Call 911 or have someone else do that. If you have a fall button, push it! If you have chewable baby aspirin, medical protocols require that you take three to four of them. However, if you have bleeding ulcers, check with your doctor well in advance to prevent secondary injury. The heart is at its defining moment and will cease to beat if action is not taken. When the heart stops, and the brain fails to work, which also causes the heart to stop, CPR, and the use of the AED is the best option until help arrives. The CPR permits artificial perfusion that is sufficient enough to keep the victim alive until advanced life support arrives.
Advanced life support is highly trained to recognize and treat a heart attack and a brain attack. Their actions are methodical and calculated. The survival rate of people calling 9111 is better than those who do not and ignore their symptoms. Think effectively with extending living as a focal point. Your actions will decide your future.
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