Tanya in WA

>>
>>Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home, or
>>cruising....(alone of course) after an unusually hard day
>>on the job.
>>All of a sudden, 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.
>>
>>HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
>>Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart
>>attack, this
>>article seemed 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, 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 phone and,
>>between breaths, call
>>for help.
>>
>>Tell as many other people as possible about this, it
>>could save their
>>lives!
Tanya in WA (state)



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