Hi,

I don't know whether this really works or not, but it might be good to try if
you are ever in this situation:

Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home, (alone of

course) after an unusually hard day on the job.Not only

was the work load extraordinarily heavy, you also had a

disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard you

tried he just wouldn't see your side of the situation.



You're really upset and the more you think about it the

more up tight you become.



All of a sudden 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 you 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.



HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE



(Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack,

this article seemed 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, 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 phone

and, between breaths, call for help.



Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could

save their lives!



from Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter

240's newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON... (reprint from The

Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)