Self CPR

  • grey-ghost
    AR-USA
    Posts: 82
    #1261111

    I’m sure some of you have seen this before, but just in case you haven’t, this could save you or someone you know from going to their maker.

    What are you to do if you have a heart attack

    While you are alone.

    If you’ve already received this,

    It means people care about you.

    The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually

    Discovered this and did an in-depth study

    On it in our ICU.

    The two individuals that discovered this then did

    An article on it, had it published and have had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.

    It is very true and has and does work.

    It is called cough CPR.

    A cardiologist says it’s the truth

    If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people,

    You can bet that we’ll save at least one life.

    It could save your life!

    Let’s say it’s 6:15 p.m. And you’re driving home

    (alone of course), after an usually hard day on the job.

    You’re really tired, upset and frustrated.

    Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain

    In your chest that starts to radiate out

    Into your arm and up into 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

    What can you do?

    You’ve been trained in CPR

    But the guy that taught the course didn’t tell

    You what to do if it happened to yourself.

    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 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!

    From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter ‘AND THE BEAT GOES ON ‘

    (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. Publication, Heart Response)

    BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND

    THIS ARTICLE

    TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    #735677

    Coughing won’t open a clogged artery in your heart. If you read that snopes article, it can actually be deadly depending on the type of cardiac event.

    The end of the article is worth reading. They suggest you chew an aspirin at the onset of chest pain after you call 911.

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