I have not heard of this technique.  When I renew my CPR, I will ask the
instructor about this.  If it keeps you conscious long enough to dial 911,
then it would be worth knowing.  One note:  women have different symptoms
for heart attack than men.

"Women need to be aware that their heart attack symptoms
    may not be "typical," such as severe chest pain. Instead,
    symptoms may be more subtle and include fatigue, nausea,
    abdominal pain, "indigestion," shortness of breath or
    difficulty breathing, weakness, or even jaw pain."

from http://www.womens-health.com/health_center/cardio/wcvd_women.html


Surviving a Heart Attack-ALONE - - - this is NOT a joke!!!!!!!!

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.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Because many people are alone when they suffer a heart
attack, this article seems 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, and the cough must be deep and
prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the
chest..
Deep 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, 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
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