Even though it may be tempting to drive, please call 911. While the ambulance is taking you to the emergency room, the paramedics are taking an EKG, starting an IV, drawing blood, and alerting the emergency room. When you arrive you will go immediately to an ER bay. If your EKG in the ambulance shows a heart attack, the cath lab team will be activated. All this will happen BEFORE you arrive. So... SURVIVE. DON’T DRIVE. CALL 911!
By sharing Early Heart Attack Education (EHAC), we can change these sobering statistics!
Early signs and symptoms that can begin hours or days before a heart attack. You may or may not experience any or all of these symptoms. You may experience mild chest symptoms, such as pressure, burning, aching or tightness. These symptoms may come and go until finally becoming constant and severe.
If you one or more of these symptoms, you owe it to yourself to get these symptoms checked out immediately at Valley View Medical Center's Emergency Department.