Think outside the box
Out on the trails? Feel a little chest pressure? Far from emergency services?
In this very possible scenario the single best thing you can do, besides staying calm, is to chew a couple baby aspirin. IF you are having a cardiac event, such as a heart attack, this intervention may, and probably will, save your life. Out on the trails the 'golden hour' passes quickly. Heart attack survival is all about early intervention.
Taking (chewing) aspirin at the first sign of a heart attack increases survivability and reduces heart damage. With a complaint of any chest pain the first two drugs you will always receive from emergency personnel are oxygen and two baby aspirin.
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