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Assessment And Treatment

A heart attack is an emergency situation and requires immediate medical help. Assessment of your situation will begin as soon as medical help arrives and will include:

• Assessing how you look
• Finding out, if possible, about any heart conditions you already have
• Asking anyone who is with you what happened
• Performing initial tests which will help to find out what is happening to you
• Providing treatment to minimise the amount of heart damage, relieve pain and prevent shock worsening

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