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How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone
(Your LifeLine)
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:
(Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this
article seemed in order.)
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.
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