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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-13-2001, 01:42 PM:
The following information is from Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via chapter 240's newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON. ...(reprint from the Mended Hearts, Inc publication, Heart response) This may help save a life...Pass it on.Let's say it's 6:15 P.M. and your driving home (alone of cource), after an unusually hard day on the job. Your 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 will be able to make it that far. What can you do? You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught you the course, neglected to 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, this article seemed in order.
Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However these victems can help themselves by coughing repeately and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputem from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is to be beating normally again.
Deep breath gets 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.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-13-2001, 02:48 PM:
WOW. I didn't know about that. Nice tip to know the next time I start unraveling a used print. 
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 03-13-2001, 07:52 PM:
Bob, thanks for the info. Since I have to carry a bottle of Nitro with me, your info is very valuable. That way, I can still bug you with my lame jokes. 
Posted by Robert Golding (Member # 746) on 03-13-2001, 11:04 PM:
Boy that's good news for us old farts. I was a medic in the army many moons ago and that was never mentioned. I'm not as afraid of having one now. Long live future heart attack patients.
Posted by Mark Huff (Member # 480) on 03-14-2001, 10:09 AM:
There are also two other ways to start your heart on its normal pattern if it is erratic.The First one is a mild electric shock. I don't suggest trying it at home though.
The Second one is Gag yourself. The gag reflex actually restarts your heart at it's normal pattern.
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-14-2001, 05:36 PM:
Since I have borderline high blood pressure my doctor told me to always carry two asprin in my wallet. He cited me several different cases where the asprin saved the persons life when they were having a heart attack and that they would have otherwise died.
Mark @ GTS
Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-14-2001, 07:02 PM:
Asprin thins the blood. Remember that it depends on the severity of the heart attack for any of this stuff to work..
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 03-14-2001, 07:39 PM:
Bayer Aspirin has had several radio and television ads talking about the use of aspirin in the event of a suspected heart attack. And "aspirin regimen" (to thin the blood and reduce the chance of a clot causing a heart attack or stroke) is also being advertised (most recently on TV ads with actor/dancer Ben Vereen). When my wife had symptoms that resembled a heart attack a few years ago, the first things the ambulance crew gave her were an aspirin and a nitroglycerine pill (fortunately, it wasn't a heart attack).BUT, aspirin can cause serious problems including internal bleeding and ulcers. Ironically, aspirin is one of the medications that likely precipitated my wife's recent bleeding ulcer. For now, she must not take any more aspirin.
Always consult with your doctor before taking lots of aspirin on a regular basis or changing the way you take medications.
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Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 03-14-2001, 08:32 PM:
Guys, I'm not a doctor, but I would like to share a website that I think is important. Magnesium is very important in correcting or minimizing a number of health problems. A big one of those is heart and cardiovascular problems. _PLEASE_ look at this website. Taking supplimentary magnesium could be important to you, and I'd like you to be around as long as possible.
http://www.execpc.com/~magnesum/index.html Discuss what you read there with your cardiologist, but don't expect a G.P. to even know what you are talking about.
If you need further info or want to discuss it, contact me via email. TheOgre@Theatresupport.com