 DO
IT YOURSELF CPR?
 There's
an e-mail message entitled "How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone" making
the rounds. It starts out like this:
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.
This
email continues with a DO IT YOURSELF CPR description.
DO
NOT FOLLOW THIS!
READ
ON TO LEARN WHY!
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HOAX:
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE Important
Notice Regarding the article "How to Survive a Heart Attack
When Alone."
The e-mail
message recommends a procedure to survive a heart attack
in which the victim is advised to repeatedly cough at regular intervals
until help arrives.
The source for this article was attributed
to ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital. No article like this was
produced by Rochester General Hospital.
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.
Both The Mended
Hearts, Inc., a support organization for heart patients, and the
American Heart
Association have said this information should
not be used.
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.
Learn more about EMAIL HOAX LETTERS
on the VIRUS AND HOAX ALERT
website.
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