I've just received it :


Seems plausible, and could be a life-saver!

>Subject: How to survive a heartattack alone
>
>From: Rochester General Hospital
>
>HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE
>
>If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll
>save at least one life. 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. Tell as many other people as possible
>about this, it could save their lives!
>
> >From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s
>newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON ...
>(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)
>
>BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE