It is very true and does work. It is called
cough CPR. A cardiologist says it's the truth...

A Heart Attack While Alone
 
From: Cheney-Rice, Stephen  stephen.cheney-rice@claremontmckenna.edu]
From: "Elaine" <mem121@usermail.com>
> The Johnson City Medical Centre staff actually discovered this and did an
> in-depth study on it in our ICU. The two individuals that discovered this
> then did an article on it ... had it published and have even had it
> incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes. It is very true and has and does
> work. It is called cough CPR. A cardiologist says it's the truth... For your
> info. If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that
> we'll save at least one life. Read This... It could save your 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 didn't tell you what to do if it
> happened to yourself.
>
> HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE Since many people are alone when
> they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without
> help, the person whose heart is 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, 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. 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 send this to as many people as possible!
>
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