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JAMMU: Keeping in view the benefits of golden hour of heart attack in preventing mortality and morbidity, and need to educate the masses about same Head Department of Cardiology GMCH Jammu Dr Sushil Sharma held a day long cardiac awareness cum health check up camp at Udas Marg Sanstha Satsang Ashram , R S Pura Jammu where people were educated about the importance of shifting patient with heart attack to nearby hospital for definitive therapy as soon as possible so that benefits of golden hour is delivered in timely and appropriate manner.
More than 300 people were screened, evaluated, diagnosed and free medicines were given as per the requirements.
While interacting with the people, Dr Sushil stated that any individual, who may have a heart attack, receiving immediate medical attention is extremely critical. In the case of an attack, the short-term, as well as the long-term consequences, will depend on the extent of the damaged or dead heart muscles. With the help of fast medical treatment, doctors can quickly open the blocked artery and can save most of the heart muscle. The golden hour provides a window of opportunity to the patients, their families, and doctors to take appropriate and fast actions to save their lives. The reason is heart muscles start to die within 80-90 minutes after it stops receiving blood, and within 6 hours, nearly all the affected areas of the heart could be completely damaged. It means, the faster normal blood circulation is restored, the lesser the damage will be.
He elaborated that myocardial infarction (commonly called a heart attack) is an extremely dangerous condition that happens because of a lack of blood flow to your heart muscle. The lack of blood flow can occur because of many different factors but is usually related to a blockage in one or more of your heart’s arteries. Without blood flow, the affected heart muscle will begin to die. If blood flow isn’t restored quickly, a heart attack can cause permanent heart damage and death. That’s why speedy treatment plays a major role in surviving a heart attack.
The phrase often used by cardiologists is “time is muscle,” meaning the longer it takes to get treatment during a heart attack, the more damage the heart muscle sustains. Timely treatment can save lives by reducing or even preventing damage to the heart.
He added that while in the case of heart attack, an attendant or rescuer has the golden hour to take the patient to a hospital, in the case of cardiac arrest, one has got precious, golden seconds. Therefore, it is all the more important to identify the symptoms of cardiac arrest and take immediate action. When a person suffers cardiac arrest, one should immediately call for ambulance, and simultaneously perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) till the time medical help arrives, he said.
Management Committee of the Udas Marg Sanstha Bhagwan Dass, Guru Mata Bimla Bhagat, Daya Ram , H R Dogra , Tarsem Raj, Rajkumar and Ashok Skolia appreciated the efforts of Dr Sushil and his team for conducting cardiac awareness cum health check up camp in their premises.
Others who were part of this camp include Dr Harish Kumar. Paramedics and volunteers includes Raghav Rajput, Rajkumar, Rajinder Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Jatin Bhasin, Jamshed Ali, Vikas Kumar, Maneet Kumar, Rajneesh Kumar, Faisal Rashid, Moosa Mushtaq, Vinay Kumar, Sahil Mottan and Paramveer Singh.