Sunday, January 22, 2012

Health - Cough CPR Learn It - Don't Forget It!

What are you to do if you have a heart attack
While you are alone.
If you’ve already received this,
It means people care about you.
The Johnson City Medical Center 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 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
If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people,
You can bet that we’ll save at least one life.
It could save your life!
Let’s say it’s 6:15 p.m. And you’re driving home
(alone of course), after an usually 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.
 Just in case , you'll be glad to know.

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 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

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not sure if this is true. Look here: http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/coughcpr.asp

Anonymous said...

What happened to your Obama CNN speech...hmmmm Are you even going to say it was bogus? Man up John!

John MacHaffie said...

anon 3:12 Already did - see the comments on Salusa.