Take An Aspirin & Call 911 May 23, 2017
Posted by nrhatch in Health & Wellness, People.trackback
Last week, I received an e-mail about heart attacks that seemed to contain ample doses of both Fact & Fiction.
Not sure which was which, I headed round to Snopes.com to see whether they had “the 411” on heart attacks.
They did. From Aspirin and Heart Attacks:
In 1993 the American Heart Association began recommending a 325 mg aspirin dose at the onset of chest pain or other symptoms of a severe heart attack. That bit of advice is going unheeded, though; a follow-up report published in 1997 shows as many as 10,000 American lives a year could be saved if more people who thought they were having heart attacks took an aspirin at the start of chest pains.
Bottom line, if you think it’s a heart attack:
- Call 911
- Chew an aspirin
- Keep breathing
Aah . . . that’s better!
Spirit Lights The Way 
I always carry aspirin in my purse for this reason, Nancy. “Keep breathing” that’s key! 🙂
Jill, that’s a great idea! I don’t even have aspirin around so taking one would be rather difficult.
Good thinking, Jill. Aspirin can be a life saver.
So chew an aspirin? Wow. Thanks for posting this, Nancy!
It seemed worthy of sharing.
Excellent!
Good advice for our aging boomer population.
I keep a bottle of aspirin around the house only for this eventuality, that I hope never comes. Good advice.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, Ally!
I was put by my medic on a daily dose of one ‘cardio’ aspirin as a precaution.
A good precaution to take, Col.
BFF does the same.
I’ll be sure to take an aspirin before each time I open up a bill.
Ha! Good thinking!
Great post, Nancy! My husband has had 4 of them…and has been taking the low dose 81mg aspirin every day since 1981…it didn’t stop him from having the others…but might have mitigated the severity of them. There are other important considerations…and of course, as you mentioned, number ONE is to call 911. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Aspirin-and-Heart-Disease_UCM_321714_Article.jsp#.WSSrZmjyuDI
Thanks, Vivian . . . And so glad that your husband is a survivor.
My husband has to take an asprin every day. This is an excellent post, Nancy.
BFF does the same . . . “Just in case.”
Medical advice keeps changing. So thanks for checking on this one.
Most of the e-mail was fact (not fiction) . . . But it did say DO NOT LIE DOWN and Snopes.com found nothing to substantiate that advice.
Such a good reminder. Jay and I tend to forget the recommendation and really need to be more alert to the benefits of daily lowdose aspirin, as our doctors have said. I would hope if I thought I was having a heart attack I’d have the presence of mind to grab an aspirin. Isn’t Snopes a great resource?
Please do have that presence of mind, Debra ~ it could be a life saver.
When I get e-mails that have been circulated for millennia, I never pass them on without checking out their veracity (or lack thereof) on Snopes.
I’ve always got an asprin in the house, but not in my handbag – so I’ll pop one in there right now, Nancy 😀
Probably a good thing to keep on hand. BFF usually keeps some in his pocket . . .just in case.