divanrare4m
2003-07-10, 11:22 AM
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE
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> > > > > Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home
> > > > > (alone of course), after an unusually 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 neglected to tell you how to
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> > > > > it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they
> > > > > suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in
> > > > > order.
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> > > > > Without help, the person whose heart stops beating
> > > > > properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about
> > > > > 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
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> > > > > these victims can help themselves by coughing
> > > > > repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should
> > > > > be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep
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> > > > > prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside
> > > > > the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2
> > > > > seconds without let up until help arrives, or until
> > > > > the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
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> > > > > 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
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> > > > > ON ... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc.
> > > > > publication, Heart Response)
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> > > > > Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home
> > > > > (alone of course), after an unusually 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 neglected to tell you how to
> perform
> > > > > it on 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 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. The cough must be deep
> and
> > > > > prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside
> > > > > the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2
> > > > > 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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