FWD: How to deal with a heart attack when on your own

[govind shiyani]

Please read and pass on. It will probably save some live somewhere.

 

>

>   > >I think this is important  information to all of us.

>   > >A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10

>people,

>   >you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Read this... It could

>save

>   >your life!!

>   > >

>   > >Let's say it's 6.15 pm 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. You

>have

>   >been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught 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 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!!

>   > >

>   > >BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS

>POSSIBLE,

>   > >

>   > >I just did.