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Dear Shirley, This is a recognized and evidence based treatment for suspected MI. Below I quote the St Johns Ambulance first aid website, and the same information is contained in the Joint First Aid Manual (St John’s, Red Cross, St Andrews). Treatment Your aim is to make the casualty as comfortable as possible and arrange urgent removal to hospital. · Sit the casualty down in the ‘W’ position: Semi-recumbent (sitting up at about 75° to the ground) with knees bent. · Dial 999 or 112 for the ambulance. If the casualty is fully conscious: · Give him or her a 300mg aspirin tablet to chew slowly provided there are no reasons not to give the aspirin and provided the patient is not under 16 years of age. · If the casualty has any medication for angina, such as tablet or spray, then assist them to take it. · Constantly monitor and record the vital signs, breathing and pulse rate etc, until help arrives. If the casualty becomes unconscious: · you need to open the airway and check breathing and be prepared to start CPR if necessary, please refer to the tips on CPR <http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/life-saving-procedures/cpr-for-adults.aspx> for adults. Regards, Bob Robert Dunn TD RGN OHNC SCPHN(OH) MSc Senior Occupational Health Adviser University of Oxford Occupational Health Service From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of shirley jones Sent: 13 January 2009 14:08 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Aspirin used in first aid Hi all, I work as an Occupational Health Advisor in a Large Local Authority and would really appreciate some advice/ guidance on an issue that has arisen.. An individual who works as a Solicitor within the Authority has recently been on a Designated First Aider course, and he says he was advised to give Aspirin as first aid for a suspected MI. Is this something that anyone has come accross?? I have concerns, eg how would a non medically trained individual correctly diagnose a heart attack? This individual is now requetsin Thank you in advance for any advice i receive, Shirley Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk