Thanks Alieu for your forward. I just wanted to point out that there are
things we could do to help prevent heart attacks rather than falling victims
in the middle of a busy highway with a hospital 30 minutes away: Things to
do;
SMOKING--Cigarette smoking is directly responsible for nearly 20% of all
deaths from heart diseases and smokers are 2.5 times more likely to suffer
heart attacks than non-smokers. so for you smokers out there your first step
is to quit. I am happy to say that i am a non-smoker.
CHOLESTEROL--Have your cholesterol level cheked by your doctor to make sure
it is where you want it. Total cholesterol levels should be 200mg/dl or
less. In healthy  people LDL Cholesterol levels should be 160mg/dl or below
and if you LDL is higher you may need to check your diet. Eating more
fibre-rich foods appear to lower the risk for heart disease.
Occassional blood pressure checks and making sure your blood pressure is not
above 140/90. Hypertension contributes to heart attacks.
REGULAR EXERCISE--People who are sedentary are almost twice as likely to
suffer heart attacks as are people who exercise regularly. A mere brisk
walking lowers heart rate and blood pressure, improves cholesterol, fights
blood clots and certainly reduce stress in both men and women.
My friends considering the fact that every year a million and a half
Americans experience a heart attack and heart attacks may be rapidly  fatal,
we should make sure that we do not fall victims to what we could prevent.
God Bless and Peace Be Upon all
Alasana Bah

>From: "Alieu .K. Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: (FWD)Fw: HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:30:32 PST
>
>Let's say it's 5:17 p.m. and you're driving home,
>> >(alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. Not only
>was
>the
>> >work load extraordinarily heavy, you also had a disagreement with
>your
>>boss,
>> >and no matter how hard you tried.
>> >
>> > You're really upset and the more you think about it
>> >the more up tight you become. 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 to 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 to
>> >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!
>> >
>> > From Health Cares,
>> > Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240's
>> >newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON.
>> > Dr. Glenn E. Boley
>
>
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