Jean; I for one appreciate this information. I have heart disease, and live alone, I have no idea if I could reach my daughter or not if I did have another heart attack, and this is something I will remember! Again, Thank you, Carolyn > > >> Subject: Fw: Something everyone should know about > >> > >> > Dear Friends, > >> > Hope you never need this helpful advise but here it is anyway... > >> > > >> > How To Survive A Heart Attack When Alone > >> > > >> > > >> > 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 you 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) > >> > > >> > > >> > LIFE MEANS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE. > >> > > >> > > >> > IF YOU VALUE LIFE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE SEND THIS > ARTICLE > TO > >> > > >> > AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE. > >> > > > > > >