Preparedness for when

mardatha

My god, can you imagine ignoring a dying person on the ground, to calmly grab their handbag or wallet, and start riffling through it?

Mojisola

jk0 wrote: »

Regarding heart attacks, a friend sent me this a few years ago:

Also worth knowing - atypical heart attack symptoms -
http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/08/beware-the-silent-heart-attack/

mumps

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

2) It might be misinterpreted, as me robbing a dead person.

And isn't it shocking that people really do rob dead/dying people. I couldn't believe it the first time I heard about it although in the interests of accuracy that casualty did recover and told me about lying there semi conscious as someone pulled her watch off her and stole her handbag.

Karmacat

Going along with the heart issue, I remembered a thing that was posted on f/b by a nurse of my acquaintance, about coughing if you're having a heart attack, while you're waiting for the emergency peeps to get to you after you've phoned them. Good thing I had a look: this is what the lovely snopes.com has to say about it : http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/coughcpr.asp

jk0

Thanks guys those are interesting sites. One thing it reminded me of is what happens without fail when I get out of the bath. It has happened since I was about ten, and I'm now fifty.

My sight goes for a few seconds, and I have to breath heavily to get it back again. Anyone else get that?

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jk0 wrote: »

My sight goes for a few seconds, and I have to breath heavily to get it back again. Anyone else get that?

If you haven't done so already, I'd suggest you get it checked out.

Unless, of course, you wear glasses, and the blindness is them getting steamed up, from the hot bath water.

Karmacat

jk0 wrote: »

Thanks guys those are interesting sites. One thing it reminded me of is what happens without fail when I get out of the bath. It has happened since I was about ten, and I'm now fifty.

My sight goes for a few seconds, and I have to breath heavily to get it back again. Anyone else get that?

Yikes :eek:

I second getting it checked out! I understand its been happening for a long time now, but ....

Nargleblast

A couple of points about aspirin to treat heart attacks - firstly the dose. It should be 300mgs, so if you have the little 75mgs ones to hand, then you need four of those. And secondly, chewing them is better than swallowing them as the drug gets into the circulation quickly through the oral mucosa - same principle as using a nitrate spray under your tongue to treat angina pains.

The whole CPR issue is very emotive, and there are many cases where it would indeed be kinder not to attempt it. DNACPR (do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation) notices are raised considering the likelihood of a successful outcome and the likely effects on that person's quality of life if it were to succeed. People have said to me they would get DNACPR tattooed on their chests - now there's an example of good things said in jest!

An ambulance crew called to someone unresponsive, without knowing the background or circumstances surrounding that person, will always start CPR.

It is very encouraging to see more people actively learning resus skills, because literally every second counts.

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Nargleblast wrote: »

People have said to me they would get DNACPR tattooed on their chests

Two problems come to mind.

1) What if you change your mind?

2) What if the First Aider doesn't remove your shirt, before giving CPR?

moneyistooshorttomention

Yep...its my understanding that CPR can sometimes have a damaging effect on the recipients health.

I seem to recall, for instance, that it can be such a "heavy duty" procedure that ribs can be cracked as a result of having it applied. When you've seen a highly intelligent person you know well having spent some years being more vague & slow than "yer average person in the street" and it does seem to date from that sort of procedure having been done on them (ie rather than being dementia) then that's not good news either. This person was extremely proud of what a good mind they used to have...

So the possible undesirable health effects of that being done is probably what would worry me personally most. Though my own personal pov would also go along the lines of "Thanks very much - NOT - I was just busily greeting a load of friends and relatives that had died years before that point (ie at the end of that Tunnel Of Light) and I got hauled back here for x more years on Earth. G..r..e..a..t:("

Whilst I understand doing this procedure is how many people currently think - it wouldn't help me feel any better about it..