SELF CPR

You are home alone after a long day’s work.

If you suddenly start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw, you may be having a heart attack.   You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home but you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.  First, CALL 911 and unlock                             the front door.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE?

     Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, 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 coughingmovements 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. 

This information was sent to me by a friend two days after several other friends were talking about Self CPR.  And with several people in my world bringing attention to this, I  thought it necessary to share the info with my blog followers.

The symptoms mentioned appear to be for men since women can have other symptoms.  Nonetheless, coughing may save your life. 

Note:  I have also heard that people should chew an aspirin if they feel a heart attack coming on.  Unfortunately, sometimes the medicine is not readily accessible.  

Has anyone had any real life experience with Self CPR?  Please comment in the space below on the web version of The Mindful Files.