How to Prevent a Heart Attack when Shoveling Snow [Video]

Transcript:

I want to warn everybody that, unfortunately, snow is coming and especially in parts of this country where it’s inevitable, there’s going to be a lot of it.

And usually in the shoulder seasons, the first part of winter and the last part of winter, is when snow comes and it’s very heavy and very wet.

And these can put and enormous strain on one’s body.

So I always tell people, “Be careful when you’re shoveling.”

You shovel snow first thing in the morning, first you’re more likely to have a heart attack first thing in the morning.

When it’s super cold, this can precipitate vasospasm which means the coronary arteries can spasm down and put even more demand on your heart, so make sure you bundle up, you take breaks to warm up, and you use a smaller shovel.

These days they have these wheel barrow sized shovels where …