> Subject: Good Information to SAVE and PASS on to family and friends.
> >
> > WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK WHILE YOU'RE ALONE.
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually discovered this and did
>an
> > in-depth study on it in our ICU. The two individuals that discovered
>this
> > then did an article on it, had it published and have even had it
> > incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.
> >
> > It is very true and has and does work. It is called cough CPR.
> >
> > Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home(alone of course),
after
>an
> > unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and
>frustrated.
> > Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts
to
> > radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about
five
> > miles from the hospital nearest your home.
> >
> > Unfortunately, you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
>What
> > can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the
>course,
> > didn't tell you what to do if it happened to yourself.
> >
> > HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
> >
> > Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this
>article
> > seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart is beating
> > properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left
>before
> > losing consciousness.
> >
> > However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and
>very
> > vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the
>cough
> > must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside
>the
> > chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds
> > without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be
>beating
> > normally again.
> >
> > Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze
>the
> > heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the
>heart
> > also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart
> > attack victims can get to a hospital.
> >
> > Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their
> > lives!
> >
> > > > > > > >
> > From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via
> > Chapter 240s newsletter "AND THE BEAT GOES ON ...."
> > (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication,
> > Heart Response)
> > > > > > > >
> > BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY
> > FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE.
> > > > > > >
> >
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