SELF CPR

WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND YOU ARE ALONE.

SUDDENLY YOU START EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN IN YOUR CHEST THAT STARTS TO RADIATE OUT INTO YOUR ARM AND UP TO YOUR JAW BONE.  YOU MAY NOT BE NEAR A HOSPITAL AND YOU ARE ALONE.  WHAT CAN YOU DO.  CALL 911 AND START DOING THE SELF CPR.  YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE YOU FEEL FAINT.  YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF BY COUGHING REPEATEDLY AND VERY VIGOROUSLY--TAKE A DEEP BREATH BEFORE EACH COUGH, AND THE COUGH SHOULD BE FROM DEEP INSIDE THE CHEST.

A BREATH AND A COUGH SHOULD BE REPEATED EVERY TWO SECONDS WITHUT LET UP UNTIL HELP ARRIVES OR UNTIL THE HEART FEELS LIKE IT IS BEATING NORMALLY AGAIN.

DEEP BREATHS GET OXYGEN INTO THE LUNGS AND THE COUGHING SQUEEZES THE HEART AND KEEPS THE BLOOD CIRCULATING.  THE SQUEEZING PRESSURE ON THE HEART ALSO HELPS IT REGAIN NORMAL RHYTHM.

IF YOU ARE IN A CAR, HEAD FOR THE NEAREST HOSPITAL TO GET CHECKED OUT.

PASS THIS INFORMATION AROUND,  YOU MAY SAVE A LIFE!!!