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Show Suspect Heart Attack: Hurrv m BOUNTIFUL A person suspecting heart attack symptoms symp-toms shouldn't put off treatment treat-ment until his doctor can be located in hopes the pains will subside. INSTEAD, emergency room staff at Bountiful's Lakeview Hospital urges immediate action ac-tion to maximize treatment and minimize affects of the heart attack. The emergency room (ER) is staffed by five full-time physicians, specialist in that type of treatment, as well as trained nurses, and others around-the-clock coverage. cov-erage. Of course, facilities aren't li ly curtail his activities, including includ-ing an active life-style. But fast action is essential to making recovery as complete as possible. pos-sible. IN ADDITION to a well-qualified well-qualified staff of physicians and nurses, the ER includes such equipment as a heart-monitoring heart-monitoring device that is used lance service should be contacted con-tacted for assistance when it is suspected a person is too sick to come to the hospital by private pri-vate vehicle. In addition, ambulance personnel have equipment that can assist the patient while en route, where needed, the ER staff says. SUCH SERVICE is avail- "The pain can often be felt going into the arms and even into the neck. It can last for two minutes or can come and go. Often a person becomes sweaty, nauseated, and has a hard time breathing." BUT THE staff-prepared release re-lease goes on to say, "Heart attacks are different for many people. Not all the symptoms will occur everytime. Heart attacks can happen in both men and women, even in young adults, at any time and in any place. Having a heart attack doesn't necessarily mean a person will have to permanent- mited to the treatment of heart attacks, but physicians emphasize that is an area needing need-ing prompt attention. A survey conducted in the south Davis area last year showed many people delayed coming to the hospital, hoping their physician physi-cian would become available before they took action. by paramedics. Upon arrival on the scene of a problem, they can "hook into" both a "live" monitor that looks like a small TV screen and provides an ongoing on-going heart rate count as well as a print-out and voice recording record-ing for further analysis. The paramedics and ambu- able by calling the sheriffs dispatch, dis-patch, 292-4493. POSITIVE PROOF The most impressive testimony testi-mony for tolerance is a golden wedding anniversary. -Times, Marshalltown, la. OR, PEOPLE felt they didn't want to ''impose, perhaps needlessly, on the personnel per-sonnel even though they need immediate care." a news release re-lease from the hospital says. "This is especially true with people having chest pain. If a person is having symptoms of a heart attack, he should not delay treatment. "The physicians on the medical staff state if an individual indi-vidual cannot contact his private pri-vate physician he should come directly to ER. Immediate medical attention can prevent damaging the heart further." GOING ON to describe possible pos-sible symptoms the press release re-lease says, "The pain one gets during a heart attack has been described as pressing or crushing, like a deep ache inside in-side the chest. People often say it feels like someone is sitting sit-ting on their chest. |