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Andy McGregor
6th-May-2004, 10:22 AM
I got this by email from Sue Merriott who is a local dancer, a fab and very sexy woman and works in the NHS so it's probably right too. Thanks Sue:hug:


A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Read this...It could save your life!


Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home (alone of course), 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 k's from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives.

under par
6th-May-2004, 10:32 AM
congrats to the lovely Sue for raising hte subject via the delightful Andy

Sheepman
6th-May-2004, 03:22 PM
Originally posted by Andy McGregor
You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself. This bit is so true (for me at least, maybe the courses nowadays include this advice?) Very useful information, that I hope I'll never need, but someone will . . .

:cheers: Greg

Gary
7th-May-2004, 12:55 AM
See http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm

Tazmanian Devil
7th-May-2004, 01:15 AM
Originally posted by Andy McGregor
I got this by email from Sue Merriott who is a local dancer, a fab and very sexy woman and works in the NHS so it's probably right too. Thanks Sue:hug:


A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Read this...It could save your life!


Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home (alone of course), 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 k's from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives.
I work in the NHS also, am on duty now :sick: I am cpr and first aid trained but have never been taught this myself but my nurse in charge tonight says that this statement is true :worthy:

dee
8th-May-2004, 08:26 PM
Gosh very useful bit of infomation, after losing both my parents to heart attacks very suddenly will have to remember this, but hopefully i wont need to :flower:

Nick M
9th-May-2004, 02:06 PM
I see Gary has posted the Snopes link, which suggests this is an Urban Legend, and says that although this method is based on some truth, it may actually be harmful if used wrongly.

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm

It's always good to check these things on Snopes

Andy McGregor
9th-May-2004, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by Nick M
I see Gary has posted the Snopes link, which suggests this is an Urban Legend, and says that although this method is based on some truth, it may actually be harmful if used wrongly.

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm

It's always good to check these things on Snopes

Well done Nick and Gary for pointing out this Urban Legend.

I do, however, know one, well researched, way of reducing death by heart attack - GIVE UP SMOKING!!!


..have I mentioned this before:devil:

...well my campaign hasn't worked yet because there's dancers still smoking:tears: