Re: Performing Self-CPR

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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

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