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Following is a typical message circulating through various social media describing about benefits of 'cough CPR' in surviving a heart attack when one is alone!

Warning!: The American Heart Association does not endorse this "cough CPR," a coughing procedure widely publicized on the Internet which is described in the message given below.

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PLEASE  READ ...

THIS MAY BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

READ IT CAREFULLY & SHARE IT !!!!

 This is from Dr. Geetha Krishnaswamy, Please give your 2 minutes and read this:

 1. Let's say it's 7.25pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.

 2. You're really tired, upset and frustrated.

 3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.

 4. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.

 5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

 6. 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.

 7. 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.

 8. 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.

 9. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

 10. A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.

 11. Please.....contribute by forwarding this mail which can save a person's life.

 12. If this message comes around you... more than once… please don't get irritated... You should instead, be happy that you have many friends who care about you & keeps reminding you how to deal with a Heart attack.

Please SHARE THIS VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. YOU HELP SAVE LIVES.

 Hold your finger down on the message and hit forward.

Note: During a sudden Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm), it may be possible for a conscious, responsive person to cough forcefully and repetitively to maintain enough blood flow to the brain to remain conscious for a few seconds until the arrhythmia is treated. The Blood flow is maintained by increased pressure in the chest that occurs during forceful coughs. This has been mislabeled "cough CPR". It's not a form of traditional resuscitation (CPR).

Keywords: 

Cardiac arrest

CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)

Cough CPR

Self CPR