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 coughmust 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 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 victimscan get to a hospital.
Tell as many otherpeople as possible about this,
it could save their lives!From Health Cares,
"Rochester General Hospital
via Chapter 240'sNewsletter
"AND THE BEAT GOES ON ..."
(reprint from The Mended Hearts,Inc.publication,
Heart Response)
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