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How to
survive a heart attack when you're alone
Let's say you are alone 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 a hospital you don't know if you'll be able to
make it that far. What can you do?
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE ?
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, and the cough must
be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the
chest.
Deep breaths 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.
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