HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

FROM MY MAILBOX:

(THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

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Women should know that not every heart attack symptom

is going to be the left arm hurting.

Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

The pain in the jaw happened to me and woke me from a sound sleep.

I was one of the fortunate ones.

Trust me when I tell you it's pain unlike anything you've ever experienced before.

Given a choice between natural child birthand a heart attack, pain-wise;

it's much easier to have a baby.

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Let's be careful and be aware.

The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people,

you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

Read this... It could save your life!!

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Let's say it's 6:15pm and you're driving home (alone of course),

after an unusually hard day on the job.

You're 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.

You have been trained in CPR,

but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

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"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,

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 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.

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Tell as many other people as possible about this.

It could save their lives!! "

**PLEASE BE A "TRUE" FRIEND AND

TELL YOUR FRIENDS YOU CARE ABOUT....

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