[RC] Fw: Is it a stroke/heart attack-how to recognize and survive!!! - Mary Ann Spencer
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Is it a stroke/heart attack
Subject: Is it a stroke/heart attack
This is great information to have on hand or, even better, to commit to
memory!
Is it a Stroke? Heart Attack? This might be a lifesaver if we can remember the
three
questions!
Is It a Stroke? Sometimes
symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of
awareness spells disaster for the stroke victim. A stroke victim may suffer
brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of astroke. Now
doctors say any bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions: Ask the individual to smile. Ask him or her to raise both arms.
Ask the person to speak a simple sentence. If he or she has trouble with
any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the
dispatcher. After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could
identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged
the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their
conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February.
Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of
the stroke and prevent brain damage. >
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Is It A Heart Attack? A cardiologist
says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at
least one life will be saved. Read this... It could save your 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. 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 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 hospital. Tell as many people as possible about this. It could save their
lives!!
BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY FRIENDS
POSSIBLE.
