>  Something to think about!
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>  THIS IS WORTH PASSING ON - PLEASE REMEMBER
>
>  IT.
>
>  Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving
>
>  home (alone of course), after an unusually
>
>  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 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
>
>  victims can help themselves by coughing
>
>  repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep
>
>  breath should be taken before each cough,
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>  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
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>  help arrives, or until the heart is beating
>
>  normally again.
>
>  Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and
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>  coughing movements squeeze the heart and
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>  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!
>
>  ****************
>
>  From Health Cares, Rochester General
>
>  Hospital via Chapter 240's newsletter AND
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>  THE BEAT GOES ON ... (reprint from The
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>  Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart
>
>  Response)
>
>

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