Not joke, thought it would be useful.


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. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart
attack;
this article seemed to be 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. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing
sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about
every 2 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, and it could save their lives!

Just because I kinda like to keep my friends around. Queen

thanks Queen...gonna show this to some of my love ones.

Taking a couple of aspirin when you first feel the symptoms can help as well - as demonstrated by a close friend of mine who did the very same thing while he was having his. The doctor said it helped, even though he technically died on the table twice.

While I hope to never need to test this, I'm glad you posted it, Queen!

wow. didn't knew. it's been noted

Good information, will definately remember that.

Queen you saying us old fellers are at risk? Ha Ha just kidding good info i will remember it along with my assburn a day

you're pappy's bro alright..

thanks i know il need it already got a fuc*ed up heart

Forceful coughing is indeed a very good vagal maneuver...

Good info...

When i had mine , some 3 years ago i was driveing , slowing down for a very busy intersection.
The pain started as discribed,but an uncontrolling caughing fit started to,I passed out , coasted through the intersection against a red lite (4 lanes each way) and came too as they say in a bank parking lot.
I sat for some 30 min then went to the hospt. driveing very slow.
It turned out this was the secound one in a week , had a angoplasty that nite after stabilized and have been ok sence. (baloone thing)
The dr said the caughing was due to fluid in the lungs and saved my life. I never thought about doing it on purpose but i will damm sure rem that that if it happenes again.
I thank you Queenie!!!

This is what sisters are for. Who loves you guys

Totaly off the subject,
WHOA Lord L. Where did you get that avatar of the chick squeezin' her boob?!

THATS AWESOME@!!!

OFF TOPIC you should read the fourms more often , been up for some time now , LOL (now back on topic)

well' as long as we're playing doctor
Here's some important lifesaving info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3072021.stm

thank bob

yer stay on topic

hole family has had heart attacs except my cousen whos army and his is so fucking slow at rest its nearly dead

Just any excuse will do, huh T.

what if thats per day

You'd probably be 100% more likely to develop 'tennis' elbow!

Guess I will never get the ole prostrate cancer

i change arms that way i increase strength in each arm over time
then no problems

If you add wrist weights you'll increase your strength faster, I'll bet.

i didnt want to describe all my strengthening tips

dont think u needed to know what old people do

Hey, it's a medical proceedure
so queenie what's your excuse? kBob just doesn't do it for you anymore?
and before anyone takes the coughing thing to heart
you should be aware that it is an urban legend
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm
not that anyone who tried it complained or anything.

There is alot of misinformation here... It all depends on what is going on...

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)

People having an episode of PSVT can try to interrupt the episode with a (Vagal) Valsalva maneuver. This consists of holding the breath and straining (i.e., pushing with the abdomen as if to provoke a bowel movement) or coughing while sitting with the upper body bent forward. Splashing ice water on the face has been reported by some people as helpful.

And when Vagal maneuvers have been tried, you need this

http://www.adenocard.com/dosing.html

All good info guys, lets keep the older ones around alittle longer....

* note to T. You dare suggest the queen would partake is something so...so... I can't even say the words.....besides I don't use excuses, I have reasons.... *