[BITList] FW: Self Help

[Malcolm]

I cannot say whether this is correct or not. Have we any members who have
more medical knowledge than me, which is zero.

 

Malcolm

 


> 
> Valuable Piece of information
> 
> Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're going home, after an unusually hard
> day at work.
> 
> You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start
> experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag 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!!
> 
> A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10
> people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.
> 
> Rather than sending jokes please.. Contribute by forwarding this mail
> which can save a person's life....If this message comes around you
> ...........more than once.....please don't get irritated.......YOU
> need to be happy that you are being reminded of how to tackle....Heart
> attacks....AGAIN...
> 
> Penni Giles
> Continuing Care Administrator
> NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
> 
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