Faye,  This is poignant and valueable information.  Thanks.  Pat--Indy

FLD wrote:

 >I think this is important enough to go out to everyone I know.
> >
> >Faye
> >>Surviving a Heart Attack
> >>
> >>Let's say it's 4:17 and you're driving home, (alone of course). 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. Your 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 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)
> >>