This item just came to my attention. Make's one wonder if you could stop
the GMC in time:
Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home, (alone of course) after an
unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the work load extraordinarily
heavy, you also had a disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard
you tried s/he just wouldn't see your side of the situation.
You're really upset and the more you think about it the more uptight you
become.
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. 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.
the GMC in time:
Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home, (alone of course) after an
unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the work load extraordinarily
heavy, you also had a disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard
you tried s/he just wouldn't see your side of the situation.
You're really upset and the more you think about it the more uptight you
become.
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. 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.
