SEE BELOW BRIANS MESSAGE FOR WHAT I LEARNED.....(or if its not there go to
the site yourself please ) I ALSO LEARNED TO NOT FORWARD STUFF I GET
UNLESS I VERIFY IT FIRST.....
RIGHT JUNGLE?
I PROMISE -DOUG
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Heart Attack Alone
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:42:22 -0700
Please refer to:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blcpr.htm?terms=heart
for the rest of the story.
Bryan Savage
WHAT IT SAYS THERE:
" of legends & netlore"
Cough to Save Your Life?
Posted: 06/30/99 (Updated: 03/01/00)
Please note that the following widely-forwarded email message contains
misleading medical information:
This one is serious... Let's say it's 4:17 p.m. and you're driving home,
(alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the
work load extraordinarily heavy, you also had a disagreement with your boss,
and no matter how hard you tried he just wouldn't see your side of the
situation. You're really upset and the more you think about it the more up
tight you become. All of a sudden 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 you 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
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article
seemed 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. 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 phone and, between breaths, call for
help. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their
lives! from Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240's
newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc.
publication, Heart Response)
Comments: This message gives the impression that the technique described
has the endorsement of Rochester General Hospital and Mended Hearts, a heart
attack victims' support group. Although the text was published in a Mended
Hearts newsletter, the organization has since retracted it. Rochester
General had no part in the creation or dissemination of the message.
According to the best information I can find, "cough CPR" is a real
procedure occasionally used in emergency situations under professional
supervision. But it is not taught in standard CPR courses, nor is it
typically recommended as a "life-saving" measure for people who experience a
heart attack when alone. One doctor I contacted a heart specialist had
never even heard of it.
Other doctors are familiar with the procedure but say it can only be
effective in very specific instances. Dr. Stephen Bohan of Brigham and
Women's Hospital in Boston explained in the Washington Post (Feb. 15, 2000)
that in certain instances where a patient has abnormal heart rhythms,
coughing can help restore them to normal. But most heart attacks, he said,
are not of this type. Bohan told the Post the best thing a heart attack
victim can do is take an aspirin (which helps dissolve blood clots) and call
911.
This is a case where a nugget of truth has apparently been misunderstood and
misrepresented to the public, though not intentionally. A chapter of Mended
Hearts published it without proper research. It was then reprinted by other
chapters and eventually found its way into email form. Darla Bonham, the
organization's executive director, has since issued a statement which reads,
in part:
I've received email from people all across the country wanting to know if it
is a valid medically approved procedure. I contacted a scientist on staff
with the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiac Care division, and he
was able to track a possible source of the information. The information
comes from a professional textbook on emergency cardiac care. This procedure
is also known as "cough CPR" and is used in emergency situations by
professional staff. The American Heart Association does not recommend that
the public use this method in a situation where there is no medical
supervision.
As with all medical rumors, the most prudent course of action is to verify
the information with your own doctor or other medical professional before
acting upon it or sharing it with others.
* Thanks to Michael E. Brooks for his help investigating this rumor.
Media sightings:
Experts Rip 'Coughing' Advice...
Philadelphia Daily News, March 23, 2000
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