| HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE | ||
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F. Daniel Rochman MDHealth Cares, Rochester General Hospital Chapter 240s newsletter "AND THE BEAT GOES ON" |
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HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK: |
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Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home alone after an unusually hard day at work. 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 your home; unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. |
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WHAT CAN YOU DO? |
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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, 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. |
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(Note: 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.) |
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HOW IT WORKS. |
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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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Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives! |
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Attribution: Contributors: photographer, Adams, Ansel, Owned by Parks and Monuments (Public Domain), Creating Org.: Department of the Interior. National Park Service. | |
| Title: Front view of entrance, "Church, Taos Pueblo National Historic Landmark, New Mexico, 1942, [Mision de San Geronimo] (vertical orientation). |
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