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 Chest Pain

Chest pain can be a sign of cardiac distress, due to the heart not getting enough oxygen because of blockage in the arteries.  Symptoms include anxiety, feeling of doom, shortness of breath, chest pain that is sharp or crushing, pain in the arms, chest, neck or jaw, sweatiness, nausea or vomiting, and general fatigue.  If you have these symptoms, call 911 immediately so that qualified help can start quickly.  Immediate treatment can lessen heart muscle damage and increase survivability and decrease long term disability from a heart attack.  Time is heart muscle, so....

 

Don't Guess, call EMS!!!!!

 

 

 


Winthrop EMS
29 Town Hall Lane
Winthrop, Maine 04364

Director
John Dovinsky, EMT-P

Phone:
(207)377-7220


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