Self CPR!

fnurse
By fnurse

What are you to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone. If you've already received this, it means people care about you ...

The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually discovered this and did an in-depth study on it in our ICU The two individuals that discover ed this then did an article on it .. had it published and have even
had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes. It is very true and has and does work.

It is called cough CPR. A cardiologist says it's the truth ... For your
info ...If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet
that we'll save at least one life.

Read This...It could save your life!

Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course),after
an usually hard day on the job You're really 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.
What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the
course, didn't tell you what to do if it happened to yourself.

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart is beating improperl y 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 very 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
movement s 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!

By buttercupryle• 5 Nov 2007 18:48
buttercupryle

that is good FYI for all of us here...[img_assist|nid=46486|title=Mabuhay!|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]

"Manila I'm coming home!"

By fnurse• 5 Nov 2007 18:44
fnurse

thanks for sharing what u know about this...

novita- honest mistake...

this was a repost passed to me..i thought sharing it would do good..anyway, whatever this is, true or not...my intentions were clean..though i should have researched before posting this..

when the going gets tough...i get going..

By fnurse• 5 Nov 2007 18:44
fnurse

thanks for sharing what u know about this...

novita- honest mistake...

this was a repost passed to me..i thought sharing it would do good..anyway, whatever this is, true or not...my intentions were clean..though i should have researched before posting this..

when the going gets tough...i get going..

By paul• 5 Nov 2007 07:38
paul

Thanks, for all the hearty news

By novita77• 5 Nov 2007 07:37
novita77

i am surprised a nurse posted this.

By Nemesis• 5 Nov 2007 07:21
Nemesis

Hi

Just checked this out on the net and Snopes says that this story is not true, attempting cough CPR wothout the proper training can actually be dangerous. Check out www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/coughcpr.asp

By supersonic_bird• 5 Nov 2007 06:50
supersonic_bird

what happens to individual after receiving a CPR? will she/ he get broken ribs? will she/ he will be having difficulty in breathing? or will she/ he recovered how long to fully recovered?

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