Got this from an email...
"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, 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!! "
