Date Posted:21:21:19 12/06/11 Tue Author: Don Author Host/IP: 71.225.67.187 Subject: Self CPR
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article
seemed to be in order.
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.
