Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 2:05 pm

Subject: Re: CPR For Yourself

Orman 'CPR FOR YOURSELF'

What to do if you have a heart attack while you are

alone. If you've already received this, it means

people care about you. . . The Johnson City Medical

Center staff actually discovered this and did an

in-depth study on it in our ICU. The two individuals

that discovered this then did an article on it . . .

had it published and have even had it incorporated

into ACLS and CPR classes. It is very true and has

and does work.

It is called cough CPR. A cardiologist

says it's the truth. . . For your info. If everyone

who gets this 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. What can

you do? You've 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, this article seemed to be in order. Without

help, the person whose heart is 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, 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)