Post by "Pop" Stran on Apr 4, 2004 0:20:43 GMT -5
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK.
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,you can help yourself 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, you can get to a phone and,
between breaths, call for help.
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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,you can help yourself 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, you can get to a phone and,
between breaths, call for help.
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