1. Let's
say it's 7:25 pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually
hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and
frustrated.
2. Suddenly you start experiencing
severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to
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.
3. You have been trained in CPR, but
the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
4. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK
WHEN ALONE?
Since
many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person
whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about
10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
5. 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.
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