Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Off topic but very useful information. This could save your life! If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one 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 neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart stops 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. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 I believe this is a hoax. According to Hoaxbusters: " ... Also, for warnings like the Heart Attack Warning, following the recommendations in the warning may actually decrease your probability of survival. Heart Attack Warning July 1999 Want to know how to survive a heart attack alone? Give yourself CPR by coughing. Both the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross say this method of CPR is highly unlikely to save anyone. Realize that if your heart has stopped you are going to pass out in a matter of seconds. If you have not passed out, your heart has not stopped and you do not need CPR. You will have a much higher survival probability if you dial 911 before you pass out. " " FarAwayDeb " > Off topic but very useful information. > > This could save your life! > > If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save > at least one 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 neglected to tell you > how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a > heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person > whose heart stops 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. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from > deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 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) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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