How to give first aid to cardiovascular disease during festivals? The elderly are prone to cardiovascular disease due to overwork and emotional fluctuations during holidays. Therefore, it is very important to know the essentials of first aid.
cerebral hemorrhage
High risk group: middle-aged and elderly people.
Experts remind that the elderly in the holidays due to overwork, emotional fluctuations easily lead to cerebrovascular disease; in addition, the festival unrestrained playing cards is also easy to induce cerebral hemorrhage. The symptoms of the disease are often headache aggravation, drooling; sometimes half face numbness.
First aid tips: in this case, the family can untie the patient's collar, at the same time, do not blindly move the patient, do not let the patient's head too high, it is best to lie flat, head to one side, with ice bags or cold water towel, apply on the patient's forehead, in order to reduce bleeding and reduce intracranial pressure, and immediately sent to the hospital.
heart disease
High risk population: 50% of the patients are middle-aged and young people, 40% are elderly people.
Professor Cheng Zhifeng, director of Endocrinology Department of the fourth hospital of Harbin Medical University, reminded that staying up late for fun, smoking and drinking too much during holidays can increase the burden on the heart and make people without organic heart disease have paroxysmal tachycardia. In addition, excessive excitement, excitement will lead to faster heart rate, induce arrhythmia, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, and even cause sudden death.
First aid Essentials: the blood pressure will be low and the lips will be purple when the disease occurs. At this time, do not easily move the patient, and do not shake the patient. If you have a history of heart disease, take medicine immediately and send to the hospital.