Common life-threatening conditions

If someone had these symptoms:

• Vice like chest pain spreading to one or both arms
• Breathlessness
• Discomfort, like indigestion, in the upper abdomen
• Sudden dizziness or fainting
• Sudden collapse
• Ashen skin
• Blue lips
• Rapid, weak or irregular pulse
• Profuse sweating
• Gasping for air

What might you suspect they are suffering from?

A heart attack is the most common life-threatening heart condition in the UK.

If you feel someone is having a heart attack:

1. Help the casualty into a half sitting position. Support their head and shoulders and place cushions under their knees.
2. Call 999 /112 and tell ambulance control you suspect a heart attack.
3. If conscious, help them to take 300mg of aspirin – advice them to chew rather than swallow whole.
4. Encourage them to stay calm. Monitor their vital signs until emergency help arrives.

For your benefit Bruche Associates offer a range of standard and bespoke first aid courses, checkout our training services link below.

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About Bruche Associates Limited

Bruche Associates are an established Health & Safety and Continual Improvement Consultancy, which evolved out of the chemical and oil and gas industries. Bruche Associates Limited is a family run business overseen by Lee and Joanne Marsh who have over 35 years combined experience working in Healthcare Medical Services, Health & Safety Management and Training and Development. Lee qualified as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in 1996 before moving into Health and Safety Management with ICI Paints. We work across a range of sectors from chemical manufacturing, engineering, trade & retail, and small & medium size businesses