Heart Attack (Long)

Hi Everyone, I got this is an email from my mother-in-law. just thought i might share it with all of you!


> Is It A Heart attack?
>
> A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10
> people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
>
> Read this... It could save your life!!
>
> Let's say it's 6.15 P.M. 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
> miles 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 people as possible about this. It could save their
lives!!
>

[capt_buzzard]

Thank you Susie.

You are very welcome. I would not want anything to happen to ANY of my new friends.