Thank you so much for posting this info. Having been diagnosed with a heart defect within the last year, I really appreciate the information. Vicki Hall Titus Co ordinator of Broome and Cortland Co. GenWeb. On Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:18 PM, Linda [SMTP:okrejoicealways@icqmail.com] wrote: > > >I think this is important enough to go out to everyone I know, and a whole lot more whom I do not. > know. I heard it in a church meeting this past weekend with a heart physicial present who did not > argue or comment, so please listen.... your life may depend on it. > Regards and and extended life to you all. > Linda Call > Texas > > > > >>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) > >> > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Order Vital Records direct from Boston City Hall: > http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/registry/registry1.asp > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/