And Now For Something Completely Different.

WORLD-OF-OTHER is my first Blog, and I typically prefer to keep my posts on the somewhat sardonic or humorous side. However, today a friend sent me an email which contained what could be considered a "How To Perform CPR On Yourself" should you ever experience what you think might be a heart attack. I feel that this information is too important not to post, even if it could be considered somewhat out of character for this particular Blog.

Let's say it's 6.15 pm 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.

"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 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. 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!! "