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