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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