HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

July 14, 2002

This will not help someone survive a heart attack, but it will help to regulate

a heart rhythm. Be careful though because it can also worsen some conditions by

dropping blood pressure. My information came from my doctor.

Renee

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Sunday, July 14, 2002 11:36 AM

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

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 not beating properly and who begins to feel faint, could have 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

40s newsletter " AND THE BEAT GOES ON ... " (re print from

The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)

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Loretta

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