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.
From:
DR. F.A.T Owolabi
(Senior Cardiologist)
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