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Shotgun_ned said:
Fail. You shouldn't give anyone pills if they're having a heart attack, unless it's prescription medication they've been told to take. He may well be allergic to them for all you know.
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Okies, you can just wait for the paramedics to turn up and offer it then. Of course you would check if they are allergic, more that likely they will know, especially if they are in an at risk group (Hx of a TIA, so could already be prescribed a 75mg daily dose). Even if they are allergic to NSAIDs, then that handy drug clopidogrel (which some ambulances now carry) could be your best bet. But of course, you already knew that...
 
xarr said:
Okies, you can just wait for the paramedics to turn up and offer it then. Of course you would check if they are allergic, more that likely they will know, especially if they are in an at risk group (Hx of a TIA, so could already be prescribed a 75mg daily dose). Even if they are allergic to NSAIDs, then that handy drug clopidogrel (which some ambulances now carry) could be your best bet. But of course, you already knew that...
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Just telling you what I was told when I did my first aid training at work.
 
Shotgun_ned said:
Fail. You shouldn't give anyone pills if they're having a heart attack, unless it's prescription medication they've been told to take. He may well be allergic to them for all you know.
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It's odd, the FAW says that you can't give them an asprin, however when doing first aid outside of work the official First Aid manual says that you can give them 1/2 an asprin, and at this point they would still be concious and you could ask if they are allergic.
 
brainiac ghost said:
It's odd, the FAW says that you can't give them an asprin, however when doing first aid outside of work the official First Aid manual says that you can give them 1/2 an asprin, and at this point they would still be concious and you could ask if they are allergic.
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Half the companies that run commercial FAW courses are hacks who don't know their bottom from their elbow and are just trying to cover themselves in the event someone has an allergic reaction.

This is the best book on first aid, well written and comprehensive.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Aid-Manual-Authorised-Association/dp/1405315733

Their "heart attack" page states:

"3. If the casualty is fully concious, give him a full-dose (300mg) asprin tablet and advise him to chew it slowly.
 
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