Re: Performing Self-CPR
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Mar 02, 2000
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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