To save your own life (heart attack)
July 01, 1999 at 21:35:09
Received the following from a former head of the Marine
Raider
Association. Please pass on.
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A NAVY MARS BULLETIN.
I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PASS ON. IT IS
QUOTED FROM HEALTH CARES, ROCHESTER GENERAL
HOSPITAL VIA CHAPTER 240'S NEWSLETTER "AND THE BEAT GOES
ON..."
QUOTE
LET'S SAY IT'S 4:17 P.M. AND YOU'RE DRIVING HOME, (ALONE OF
COURSE)
AFTER AN UNUSUALLY HARD DAY ON THE JOB. NOT ONLY WAS THE
WORK LOAD
EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVY, YOU ALSO HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH YOUR
BOSS, AND NO
MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRIED, HE JUST WOULDN'T SEE YOUR SIDE OF
THE
SITUATION. YOU'RE REALLY UPSET AND THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, THE MORE
UP TIGHT YOU BECOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN 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.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED IN CPR, BUT THE GUY
THAT
TAUGHT THE COURSE NEGLECTED TO TELL YOU HOW TO PERFORM IT ON
YOURSELF.
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
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. 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 PHONE AND,
BETWEEN BREATHS, CALL FOR HELP.
TELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THIS, IT COULD
SAVE
THEIR LIVES.
UNQUOTE
Hope no one ever has to try this
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