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Why is a heart attack an emergency?

April 26, 2017emergency Heart Attack

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Why is a heart attack an emergency?

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A heart attack is an emergency because the sudden loss of blood supply to the heart muscle causes two problems: It increases the risk of having a life threatening irregular heart beat. Sadly, three out of every ten people who have a heart attack will die before they reach hospital because of an irregular heart beat. It causes their heart to stop and without emergency resuscitation they will die.