Conservative treatment of myocardial infarction

The treatments for myocardial infarction are different. If the condition is mild, you can take medication and adjust your eating habits to gradually improve the condition and regulate your body. If the situation is slightly more serious, you will need to stay in the hospital for observation and treatment.

1. Treatment before admission

About two-thirds of patients with myocardial infarction have died before being sent to the hospital. Therefore, shortening the period from onset to hospitalization and providing active treatment during this period are of great significance to saving the lives of these patients. For patients with serious conditions, emergency treatment should be carried out on the spot after the onset of the disease, and they should be transferred to the hospital for further treatment only when their condition is stable and allows transfer. The ambulance transporting patients should be equipped with monitoring equipment so that changes in the patient's condition can be monitored during the transfer and timely treatment can be given.

2. Monitoring and general treatment of myocardial infarction

⑴ Rest: The patient should rest in bed in the "Coronary Heart Disease Care Unit", keep the environment quiet, reduce visitors, and prevent adverse stimulation.

⑵ Oxygen inhalation: During the first 2 to 3 days, oxygen is inhaled intermittently or continuously through a nasal tube or mask.

⑶ Monitoring measures: Monitor electrocardiogram, blood pressure and respiration, and if necessary, monitor hemodynamic changes for 5 to 7 days. Closely observe the condition of the patient and provide objective basis for timely treatment measures. Monitors must work with extreme responsibility, not missing any meaningful changes while ensuring that the patient is quiet and resting.

⑷ Nursing measures for myocardial infarction: Complete bed rest in the first week and intensive nursing care. Nursing staff must serve the people wholeheartedly and patiently help patients eat, wash face, turn over, and use the toilet. Patients should not eat too much. Foods that are easily digestible, contain less fat and produce less gas should be consumed. Sodium intake should be limited, and necessary calories and nutrition should be provided. Keep bowel movements smooth, but do not strain when defecating. If constipation occurs, laxatives can be given. In the second week, you can sit up in bed, gradually get out of bed, stand beside the bed and walk slowly around the room. In recent years, some people have advocated that patients should start getting out of bed and moving around early (in the first week), but for patients who are seriously ill or have complications, the bed rest time should not be too short.