Pat Hite wrote:

 Faye,  This is poignant and valueable information.  Thanks.  Pat--Indy
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> FLD wrote:
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> > >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)
> > >>