HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE ( Archived) (9)

Mar 12, 2012 11:05 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
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Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life
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Mar 12, 2012 11:21 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
southmiami12
southmiami12southmiami12Tampa, Florida, Florida USA5 Threads 162 Posts
TonyIsAChampion: Valuable Piece of information
Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life


thank you, very helpful.
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Mar 12, 2012 1:36 PM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Pixels1
Pixels1Pixels1London, Greater London, England UK2 Threads 755 Posts
TonyIsAChampion: Valuable Piece of information
Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life


I think calling the emergency services before attempting any such procedure which may or may not be beneficial is probably the first priority!
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Mar 12, 2012 5:53 PM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
joyaepace
joyaepacejoyaepaceGalway, Ireland11 Threads 2 Polls 958 Posts
TonyIsAChampion: Valuable Piece of information
Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life


Great, will try to remember!
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Mar 13, 2012 3:28 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
myfisrt
myfisrtmyfisrtWest Jakarta, Jakarta Indonesia4 Threads 980 Posts
TonyIsAChampion: Valuable Piece of information
Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life


Thank you very much for the info..!! thumbs up thumbs up
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Mar 13, 2012 5:07 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
aramaya
aramayaaramayawiltshire, Wiltshire, England UK7 Threads 559 Posts
Thankyou,this is great advice,a friend had a heart attack a few months ago and was fairly bad,i have passed this on,hopefully no one will need it,but thanks.
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Mar 13, 2012 5:16 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Godsgift
GodsgiftGodsgiftEnnis, Clare Ireland251 Threads 13 Polls 10,040 Posts
Pixels1: I think calling the emergency services before attempting any such procedure which may or may not be beneficial is probably the first priority!


What part of the statement ' you have 10 seconds before losing consciousness,' did you find confusing.

To the O/P....if this info saves just one life, then it's valuable information. I hope I never need to use it. Thanks. handshake
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Mar 13, 2012 9:44 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
nayodumisup
nayodumisupnayodumisupJakarta, Indonesia1 Threads 92 Posts
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Helpfull information for stay alone person like me.Thank you very much
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Mar 13, 2012 9:53 AM CST HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
umayangani
umayanganiumayanganiColombo, Western Sri Lanka5 Threads 135 Posts
TonyIsAChampion: Valuable Piece of information
Let's say you're at home, after an unusually hard day working.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 all your friends, you may just save a life


Thank you...very valuable informationthumbs up
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