Folks, This is a hoax. Neither the American Heart Association, nor the American Red Cross endorse this method. Here's the link to the story: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm There really are some sick individuals out there who would make up something like this. I hate it when scumbags like this take advantage of well-meaning people out there, and try to promulgate this type of garbage over the internet. Ann, thanks for well-intended message. Your heart was in the right place - no pun intended. The article appeared genuine enough, but nowadays, one can't be too sure. How sad. ....stepping down from soap box...... Bubba ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnWicki@aol.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] How to Survive a Heart Attack Alone > > > FRIENDS: > HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE > > > If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you > can bet that we'll save at least one life. > > Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home > (alone of course), after an unusually 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 neglected to tell you how to perform > it on 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 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. The cough must be deep and > prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside > the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every > 2 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 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >