This came to me as an email from a friend and I have permission from him to post this important information to all of you my friends...

As a previous medical provider...for over 25 years, I have to tell you...a hard cough during a bout of chest pain and as aspirin may just help you until the EMS arrives. 

What are you to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone.

The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually discovered this

and did an in-depth study on it in our ICU The two individuals that

discovered this then did an article on it .. had it published and have

even had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.

It is very true and has and does work. It is called cough CPR.. A cardiologist says it's the truth ... For your info ..If everyone who gets

this 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 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an usually 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.

What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course, didn't tell you what to do if it happened to yourself.

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

this article seemed to be in order. 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 very 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!

From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s

This post in no way is giving medical advice. If you feel chest discomfort of any kind, call 911. Don't risk you life for any reason what-so-ever! 

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