How to Survive a Heart Att.ack Alone After 60
Every five minutes, countless older adults experience a heart attack, and alarmingly, many of them are alone when it strikes. Over 65% of heart attack deaths in people over 60 happen before they even reach the hospital.
The crucial difference between surviving and not often depends on what happens in those first minutes.
Here are seven essential steps to survive a heart attack when you’re alone, based on the protocol advised by Dr. William Carson, a geriatric cardiologist with more than 40 years of experience.