Interesting tidbit...

[Midnight Special]

....just sent to me.

What are you to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone.

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 even had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.

It is very true and has and does work.
It is called cough CPR.

This knowledge could save YOUR life!

Let's say 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?

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.

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 very 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.

From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter "AND THE BEAT GOES ON "

 

[68gt390]

Tim;
That is part of our emergency response training we here at Victoria's Secret receive every year when we recertify as first responders. It is also part of our training package we do for our associates.

Don

 

[Mosesatm]

Tim;
That is part of our emergency response training we here at Victoria's Secret receive every year when we recertify as first responders. It is also part of our training package we do for our associates.

Don

Oh man, there are just too many jokes........!!!!!

 

[Midnight Special]

Tim;
That is part of our emergency response training we here at Victoria's Secret receive every year when we recertify as first responders. It is also part of our training package we do for our associates.

Don

...I found it interesting as we never hear it on the typical radio PSA's, nor was I trained (first aid/ CPR) with it as a volunteer fireman years ago...

 

[Midnight Special]

Oh man, there are just too many jokes........!!!!!

..Wonder if the "models" receive the same training. For liability reasons...
;-)

 

[68gt390]

Oh man, there are just too many jokes........!!!!!

Arlie;
I know, I know. I stayed away from it. Figured I'd be a good little boy and not go there.

Don

 

[68gt390]

..Wonder if the "models" receive the same training. For liability reasons...
;-)

Tim;
I'm not going there either. It's actually been included in our training for the past several years. Not many folks are even aware of it.

Don

 

[PonyGal]

Thanks for putting that information out there Tim! It may just save a life one day.

We covered that subject in my First Aid/CPR class a couple of weeks ago. We also covered how to help yourself if you are alone and choking on something.

If you are alone and are choking it is important not to panic. Panicking, while understandable in such a scary situation, impairs judgment and can make it harder for you to help yourself in an emergency situation. To give yourself the Heimlich maneuver make a fist and place the thumb side of your fist against your abdomen, just above your navel and below your ribcage. Take hold of your fist with your other hand and deliver a quick inward and upward thrust into your abdomen. Repeat these thrusts until the object is dislodged.

Another option is to quickly locate a stable, hard object, such as the back of a chair, countertop, railing or sink. Lean over and thrust your abdomen forcefully enough into the hard surface to expel the object. You need to focus the pressure on your upper abdomen, below your ribcage, and just above your navel. Repeat the abdominal thrust as often as is necessary. You may unintentionally injure your lower rib cage, but that is better then suffocating to death!!

 

[ahainline]

Tim;
That is part of our emergency response training we here at Victoria's Secret receive every year when we recertify as first responders. It is also part of our training package we do for our associates.

Don

Not to get off subject Don, but what is it you do there? Just curious.

And back to the topic.. that is great information and I will be sure to share it with friends and family! thanks guys

 

[68gt390]

Tony;
I'm part of our Loss Prevention/Safety Services Department at our Corporate Headquarters located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. It's actually not a bad job. But, as I always say, who better than me to do it. It does have it's perks!!!!!!!

Don :grin:

 

[Diesel Donna]

Thanks for putting that information out there Tim! It may just save a life one day.

We covered that subject in my First Aid/CPR class a couple of weeks ago. We also covered how to help yourself if you are alone and choking on something.

If you are alone and are choking it is important not to panic. Panicking, while understandable in such a scary situation, impairs judgment and can make it harder for you to help yourself in an emergency situation. To give yourself the Heimlich maneuver make a fist and place the thumb side of your fist against your abdomen, just above your navel and below your ribcage. Take hold of your fist with your other hand and deliver a quick inward and upward thrust into your abdomen. Repeat these thrusts until the object is dislodged.

Another option is to quickly locate a stable, hard object, such as the back of a chair, countertop, railing or sink. Lean over and thrust your abdomen forcefully enough into the hard surface to expel the object. You need to focus the pressure on your upper abdomen, below your ribcage, and just above your navel. Repeat the abdominal thrust as often as is necessary. You may unintentionally injure your lower rib cage, but that is better then suffocating to death!!

Renee', This works! I can testify! Not long after my husband died I was sitting at home alone eating mac n' cheese. Suddenly my eyes popped wide and I had a macaroni lodged on my windpipe. My first thought was...I was gonna die of a macaroni in my neck! I felt like Redd Foxx...Here I come 'Lizabeth! I absolutley couldn't breathe and it happened so fast I barely had time to think...so I just punched myself in the middle of the chest and the macaroni came flying out of my mouth and shot across the room! My eyes watered a bit and I was just amazed. It wasn't as professional sounding as you told it and I knew about the Heimlich chair manuever but I couldn't even get out of the recliner I was sitting in.
Moral of the story: Don't eat mac n' cheese while sitting in a recliner.Say cheese :grin:

~~~~Donna

 

[PonyGal]

Wow Donna,

I am so glad that you were able to dislodge that macaroni!! It is scary when you get something stuck in your throat and can't breathe! Now I have positive proof that it works!

 

[Mosesatm]

A Day at Work for Don

Here's a shot of what happens when Don takes his GT/CS to work.

 

[Diesel Donna]

Here's a shot of what happens when Don takes his GT/CS to work.

Hahahahaaaaaaa! So THAT'S how you get the heart attack!!!

When I'm driving my ambulance at car cruises...men will often fake an attack and tell me they need CPR....I look at them and say...."Well I guess your gonna die then!"

:grin:

 

[Midnight Special]

Here's a shot of what happens when Don takes his GT/CS to work.

68gt390... "I'm not going there either."

HEY! Don said he's not going there!!

...er...Maybe he's already been there??