Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home (alone of
course) after an unusually hard day on the job.
You're
really tired, and frustrated……
YOU ARE
REALLY STRESSED AND UPSET ….
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 five miles from the hospital nearest
your home.
Unfortunately you
don't know if you'll be able to make it that far
WHAT TO DO ???
YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINED
IN CPR, BUT THE GUY THAT CONDUCTED THE COURSE DID NOT 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, WITHOUT HELP, THE PERSON WHOSE HEART
IS BEATING IMPROPERLY AND WHO BEGINS TO FEEL FAINT, HAS ONLY ABOUT 10
SECONDS LEFT BEFORE LOSING CONSCIOUS
WHAT TO DO ??
ANSWER:
DO NOT PANIC, BUT
START 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.
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
ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON
N.º 240 OF JOURNAL
OF GENERAL HOSPITAL ROCHESTER
IT COULD SAVE THEIR
LIVES !!! DON'T EVER THINK THAT YOU ARE NOT PRONE TO HEART ATTACK AS YOUR
AGE IS LESS THAN 25 OR 30. NOWADAYS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE
LIFE STYLE, HEART
ATTACK IS FOUND AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL AGE GROUPS.
