• Damage to the heart tissue due to lack of oxygen
• Symptoms may include pain or pressure in chest, sweating, nausea, anxiety and shortness of breath
• Caused by lack of oxygen to the heart muscle due to a blocked artery
• Cannot be spread from person to person
• Affects males and females but more common in males
• Can occur at any age but more common in middle age adults
• May be mild with few symptoms to severe and life threatening

Due to the nature of this disease, there are no home treatment options. Please contact your doctor

FOR EMERGENCIES

If you are trained in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation):

• Check for pulse and respirations. If both of these are absent, proceed with CPR as you were trained
• If respirations are absent, but there is a pulse, proceed with rescue breathing as you were trained

If you are not trained in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation):

• Call emergency services
• If the person is unconscious, begin to push hard and fast on the center of the chest