MIAMI: Alone at a health clinic in a small, remote seaside settlement in Australia, a 44-year-old nurse sensed he was having a heart attack and sprang into action, saving his own life, a report said Wednesday. The man then performed another EKG on himself, which confirmed the diagnosis of a heart attack. “He attached his own defibrillator pads and prepared adrenaline, atropine, and amiodarone,” which are drugs to treat heart rhythm problems, said the report. As it turned out, the clot-busting drugs worked, and the heart attack subsided. The case also shows the importance of telemedicine, particularly as hospitals retreat from rural areas, leaving more people far from emergency medical care.

Source: New Strait Times March 07, 2018 22:52 UTC