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This was forwarded in return for the last.
Darryl
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
CONSCIOUS WHAT TO DO
?? ANSWER:
DO NOT PANIC, BUT START
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.
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 ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON
N.ยบ 240 OF JOURNAL OF GENERAL
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