Performing Self-CPR
- Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Mar 02, 2000
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----- 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 +----------+--------------+--------------+ | Hollow | ICQ: 9638898 | AIM: LLHIII | | Horse +--------------+--------------+ | Software | http://www.cdc.net/~lhilley | +----------+-----------------------------+