• Question: hi please can you tell me if we have a heart attack , would we die straight away ?

    Asked by Brie mode fearless to Katie, Giovanna, Andy, Duane, Theresia on 11 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 477bdya43.
    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I am not a doctor, but people not necessary dye from heart attacks, people do survive heart attacks and live to tell the story!!!

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      No, people can survive heart attacks

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      A heart attack is when the blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, this causes part of the heart muscle stop working. Often, the rest of the heart can keep working, either new blood vessels grow around this blockage or surgeons can graft on new arteries to help keep the heart working. Many people survive heart attacks, I have seen several patients who have had 3 or more attacks and still been alive afterwards

    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      depends on how fast they get rescued! Every second counts.

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