1. Performing Self-CPR
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry & Connie Hilley
To: Lucius
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:46 PM
Subject: self-CPR
Subject: Performing Self-CPR
<< >Subject: Fw: Heart attack ....method of SELF CPR
>
> >You will find this vitally interesting!!!!
> >: >
> >: >Subject: Good info to know and send on......
> >
> >: > > Let's say its 6:17 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course)
> >: >after
> >: > > an unusually hard day on the job.
> >: > > 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
> >: > > > > >
> >: > > Many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, what can
> >: >you do?
> >: > > Without help, a person whose heart stops beating properly begins
> >: >to feel
> >: > > faint and has 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
> >: >letting
> >: > > 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.
> >: > > You'll be giving yourself CPR with this technique.
> >: > > Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save a
> >: >life!
> >: > >
> >: > > > > > [The above was taken from Health Cares, Rochester
> >: >General Hospital
> >>
Lucius L. Hilley III
lhilley at cdc.net
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2. Re: Performing Self-CPR
Despite the fact that this is offtopic, I'm responding.
You might want to check stuff like this out before sharing it. I did, it
took 2 seconds (google.org is very accurate):
from the page:
Darla Bonham, the organization's executive director, has since issued a
statement which
reads, in part:
I've received email from people all across the country wanting to know
if it is a
valid medically approved procedure. I contacted a scientist on staff
with the
American Heart Association Emergency Cardiac Care division, and he was
able
to track a possible source of the information. The information comes
from a
professional textbook on emergency cardiac care. This procedure is also
known
as "cough CPR" and is used in emergency situations by professional
staff. The
American Heart Association does not recommend that the public use this
method in a situation where there is no medical supervision.
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Lucius L. Hilley III wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry & Connie Hilley
> To: Lucius
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:46 PM
> Subject: self-CPR
>
>
> Subject: Performing Self-CPR
>
3. Re: Performing Self-CPR
I'm a great one for accuracy, but your quote actually validates the
technique. What alternate suggestion would you have for someone
alone and suffering a heart attack? This at least sounds as if it has
some potential of providing a little aid. It does not interfere with
any other thing that a person might do to help themselves. I, for one,
am glad to have the information.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
Steve Mosher wrote:
>Despite the fact that this is offtopic, I'm responding.
>
>You might want to check stuff like this out before sharing it. I did, it
>took 2 seconds (google.org is very accurate):
actually, it is google.com
>
>
>from the page:
>
>Darla Bonham, the organization's executive director, has since issued a
>statement which
>reads, in part:
>
>I've received email from people all across the country wanting to know if it is
>a
>valid medically approved procedure. I contacted a scientist on staff with the
>American Heart Association Emergency Cardiac Care division, and he was able
>to track a possible source of the information. The information comes from a
>professional textbook on emergency cardiac care. This procedure is also known
>as "cough CPR" and is used in emergency situations by professional staff. The
>American Heart Association does not recommend that the public use this
>method in a situation where there is no medical supervision.
>
4. Re: Performing Self-CPR
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM>
Mar 02, 2000
-
Last edited Mar 03, 2000
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Steve Mosher wrote:
> This procedure is also known
> as "cough CPR" and is used in emergency situations by professional
> staff. The
> American Heart Association does not recommend that the public use this
> method in a situation where there is no medical supervision.
Thanks, but in a situation where there is no medical supervision, i.e. no EMTs,
I think I would rather cough - something I have done numerous times in the past
(without medical supervision, I might add, with no lasting ill effects) - than
just lie there and die, which seems to be the alternative.
Irv
