devonwoody
Established Member
Thursday 9th June 2005.
Got up at usual time and had my breakfast (two slices of toast and glass of orange squash) Looked in at the ubeat and UKworld woodworker sites.
Second good day of summer weather in the UK so decided to cut our front hedge.
Brief medical history:-
cholestrol = 4.75 (about 5% above average)
blood pressure = normal for age.
weight = around 6kgs overweight.
67 years of age.
No previous history.
Cut the hedge which goes to a height in places of 2 mtrs. and the job took
1 &1/2 hours, slightly longer than normal and 25% more waste bags were needed. I put my tools away and went to the bathroom for a shower, just before stepping into the shower I thought to myself I don't feel right.
AND THEN the chest pain arrived (its stronger than an indegestion pain) and breathing changed (it holds like an asthma attack at each deep breath)
I managed to get out of the bathroom quick and sat in a lounge chair and the wife fortunately appeared.
After repeated requests for cold flannels from the bathroom and pain not reducing we suggested a doctor call (15 minutes after start of any pain) who advised calling of an ambulance with his authority. The ambulance with two qualified paramedics arrived within 5 minutes who noted it was a chest pain call and immediately slapped on an oxygen mask. This is followed by an injection in the stomach of an anti coalesence drug to thin the blood. Final paramedic treatment was then a spray under the tongue to see if Angina pain disperses
but no significant reduction so morphine is then introduced via a special feeding tube at the back of the wrist. Pain feeling is still there but is now acceptable.
Transfer to the ambulance then proceeds and an ecg reading is taken which also transmits direct to the local hospital and the driver is then instructed which hospital he is to proceed to for treatment which I assume depends on the ECG reading
Had a lovely time at the hospital , this hospital practised unisex wards for chest pain patients.
No further attacks took event for me and an exploratry examination took place 3 days later followed the next day with a stent being inserted in an heart artery after a widening process had taken place.
If anyone wants to hear of my nightime experiences in the general type mixed ward over the 7days and nights I would be delighted to relate those times to you. Much laughter and tears however took place.
The thread above was written to inform any none experienced readers of what an heart attack is like but bearing in mind my own attack was most probably quite a minor trauma.
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Got up at usual time and had my breakfast (two slices of toast and glass of orange squash) Looked in at the ubeat and UKworld woodworker sites.
Second good day of summer weather in the UK so decided to cut our front hedge.
Brief medical history:-
cholestrol = 4.75 (about 5% above average)
blood pressure = normal for age.
weight = around 6kgs overweight.
67 years of age.
No previous history.
Cut the hedge which goes to a height in places of 2 mtrs. and the job took
1 &1/2 hours, slightly longer than normal and 25% more waste bags were needed. I put my tools away and went to the bathroom for a shower, just before stepping into the shower I thought to myself I don't feel right.
AND THEN the chest pain arrived (its stronger than an indegestion pain) and breathing changed (it holds like an asthma attack at each deep breath)
I managed to get out of the bathroom quick and sat in a lounge chair and the wife fortunately appeared.
After repeated requests for cold flannels from the bathroom and pain not reducing we suggested a doctor call (15 minutes after start of any pain) who advised calling of an ambulance with his authority. The ambulance with two qualified paramedics arrived within 5 minutes who noted it was a chest pain call and immediately slapped on an oxygen mask. This is followed by an injection in the stomach of an anti coalesence drug to thin the blood. Final paramedic treatment was then a spray under the tongue to see if Angina pain disperses
but no significant reduction so morphine is then introduced via a special feeding tube at the back of the wrist. Pain feeling is still there but is now acceptable.
Transfer to the ambulance then proceeds and an ecg reading is taken which also transmits direct to the local hospital and the driver is then instructed which hospital he is to proceed to for treatment which I assume depends on the ECG reading
Had a lovely time at the hospital , this hospital practised unisex wards for chest pain patients.
No further attacks took event for me and an exploratry examination took place 3 days later followed the next day with a stent being inserted in an heart artery after a widening process had taken place.
If anyone wants to hear of my nightime experiences in the general type mixed ward over the 7days and nights I would be delighted to relate those times to you. Much laughter and tears however took place.
The thread above was written to inform any none experienced readers of what an heart attack is like but bearing in mind my own attack was most probably quite a minor trauma.
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