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I hope you never have to use this - but just in case.
Subject: CPR FOR YOURSELF
What to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone.
If you've already received this, it means people care about you. . . . .
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.
A cardiologist says it's the truth. . . For your info. If everyone
who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at
least one life. Read This. . . It could save your life! 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 did not tell you how to perform it on 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)
