HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE.

India
December 6, 2006 10:52am CST
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. 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 hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!
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• United States
6 Dec 06
They should give you this information on TV instead of all the people dieing and the bad news from around the world thanks
• India
6 Dec 06
i am glad you find this informative
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
6 Dec 06
That is all well and good but coming from one who has had a heart attack when I was only 30 yrs old, I would say the pain in your chest and straight to your back is so severe you can hardly breath. So it is very difficult to take a deep breath, almost impossible. But I understan what you are saying and if you can do that is great.
• India
13 Dec 06
Yes but this was the information that i got