What are you to do if you have a heart attack
while you are alone? The Johnson City MedicalCenter
staff actually discovered this and did an
in-depth study on it in our ICU.
It was published and is now incorporated into
ACLS and CPR classes.
It is very true and does work. It is called
"Cough CPR". If everyone who gets
this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that
we'll save at least one life.
It could save your life!
Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. And you're driving
home
(alone of course), after an usually 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 didn't
tell
You what to do if it happened to 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 is beating
improperly 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 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)
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