Chest pain can have several causes which differ from heart problems/ heart attack to stress symptoms. If you don’t trust the pain, call 112. As a side note, a heart attack doesn’t always come with chest pain. Women often have different symptoms than men. These symptoms can be less obvious.
Symptoms:
- The victim has a pressing pain on their chest.
- Radiating pain towards the arms, shoulder blades, jaws, neck and belly area.
- Sweating
- Dizziness or puking
- Less obvious symptoms:
- Pain in the upper abdomen, the jaws, the neck, in between the shoulder blades, this is without any pain on the chest.
- shortness of breath
- extreme tiredness
- dizziness
- feelings of fear
- fidgeting
- faster breathing
What to do:
- Call or let someone call 112.
- Let the person sit or lay down, let the victim choose which position is the most comfortable.
- If possible let someone else get an AED. Keep it out of sight of the victim.
- When a person is having heart complications, always put the upper body higher when the victim has a tightness on the chest and the legs higher when the person loses consciousness or is dizzy.