All that may stand between a heart attack and death is the quick response
time by emergency services.
Which is why Dubai Police are urging all heart patients to register with its operations room.
The number of cardiac patients registered with Dubai Police’s operations room has risen from 950 in 2007, to 1,253 in 2011.
Brigadier Omar Al Shamsi, director of the Dubai Police operations room, said the number of deaths had fallen 40 per cent from 30 in 2007 to 18 in 2011 as a result of quick response to calls from victims of first heart attack.
Dubai Police launched the registration program for heart patients in 2007 in cooperation with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services.
“The rate of mortality of heart patients registered with Dubai Police operations room is 2.9 per cent of the total number of patients, which is close to half the 5 per cent rate set by the World Health Organisation,” Al Shamsi said.
The life of the patient who suffers a heart attack depends on the measures taken within the first hour of the attack, he said.
“The first hour of the heart attack is called the ‘golden hour’ since the patent’s chances of returning to fully normal life depends on success in helping him during this time,” he added.
During the first five minutes of the first hour of the attack, the patient suffers from severe pain, sweating and shortness of breath
Which is why Dubai Police are urging all heart patients to register with its operations room.
The number of cardiac patients registered with Dubai Police’s operations room has risen from 950 in 2007, to 1,253 in 2011.
Brigadier Omar Al Shamsi, director of the Dubai Police operations room, said the number of deaths had fallen 40 per cent from 30 in 2007 to 18 in 2011 as a result of quick response to calls from victims of first heart attack.
Dubai Police launched the registration program for heart patients in 2007 in cooperation with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services.
“The rate of mortality of heart patients registered with Dubai Police operations room is 2.9 per cent of the total number of patients, which is close to half the 5 per cent rate set by the World Health Organisation,” Al Shamsi said.
The life of the patient who suffers a heart attack depends on the measures taken within the first hour of the attack, he said.
“The first hour of the heart attack is called the ‘golden hour’ since the patent’s chances of returning to fully normal life depends on success in helping him during this time,” he added.
During the first five minutes of the first hour of the attack, the patient suffers from severe pain, sweating and shortness of breath
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