Heart Attacks

[CAPTAINZING2000]

Heart Attack Procedure: My FRIEND'S

sister-in-law sent this to me - she's an RN.
> >>>>>Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never
> >>>> have the first >chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
>
> >>>>>Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60%
> >>>> of people who >have a heart attack while they are asleep do not
> >>>> wake up. >
> >>>>>The pain in the jaw happened to me and woke me from a sound
> >>>> sleep. >
> >>>>>I was one of the fortunate ones. Trust me when I tell you
> >>>> it's pain >unlike anything you've ever experienced before.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Given a choice between natural child birth and a heart
> >>>> attack, >pain-wise; it's much easier to have a baby. Let's be
> >>>> careful and be >aware. The more we know.........
> >>>>>
> >>>>>A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it
> >>>> to 10 >people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one
life.

> >>>> Read this... >It could save your life!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home (alone of
> >>>> course), after >an unusually hard day on the job. You're 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. You >have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught
> >>>> the course did not >tell you how to perform it on yourself. >
> >>>>>HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack
> >>>> , 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 every 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!! BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND
> >>>> THIS ARTICLE TO >AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE

[Purrdy]

Thankyou.....

[indigo]

Thanks Zing

[cwohio]

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/heartattack.htm

apparently this is one of those wide-spread rumors that is not true.

[best]

Originally Posted by cwohio

apparently this is one of those wide-spread rumors that is not true.

So coughing doesn't keep you out of the coffin?


The best way to stop a heart attack....

Exercise, eat right, don't smoke, drink, or use drugs.
And get a check up...yearly.

[cwohio]

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