A BBC doctor is urging people to learn CPR to save a life amid a change in temperature which many don't know could put you at higher risk of a heart attack. Dr Xand van Tulleken revealed on BBC Morning Live that the drop in temperatures in autumn and winter means the risk increases - with one couple re-calling a terrifying moment they had to do CPR after a cardiac arrest. He explains: "As the weather gets colder, you move blood away from your skin.
Your blood also thickens, your blood gets a little bit stickier, your blood pressure goes up and of course viruses and things going around like flu can put a big strain on your system. So that’s why we see more heart attacks and strokes in the winter." As well as urging people to keep warm, he says that other ways of protecting yourself include keeping the house temperature to 18C or above, keeping warm both indoors and outdoors, as well as getting the flu jab.
His warning comes after a couple spoke of the terrifying moment one of them had to save her partner's life. The pair spoke about the week Lee began to feel unwell, and the moment partner Amy had to do CPR. The parents of two children said it was a Friday night after Lee had been suffering from chest pains all week.
At the time, they put it down to anxiety as it was back in 2020, during the Covid -19 pandemic. That night, however, the pains started to get much worse. Amy explained: "He started having shooting pains in his left arm.
He went grey, which we can now obviously l.
