Καλό θα είναι πριν προβείτε στη δημοσίευση τέτοιων ανακριβειών και εξυπνάδων να τις ερευνάτε λίγο, πριν πάρετε κάποιον στο λαιμό σας...
Η ανούσια αυτή φάρσα κυκλοφορεί από το 1999 και χαρακτηρίζεται μάλιστα ως επικίνδυνη αν εφαρμοστεί.
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How To Survive a Heart Attack When Alone - Coughing During a Heart Attack - Rochester NY | Rochester General Hospital
How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
Hundreds of people around the country have received an e-mail message entitled “How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone.” This article 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 of information for this article was attributed to Rochester General Hospital. This article is being propagated on the Internet as individuals send it to friends and acquaintances – and then those recipients of the memo send it to their friends and acquaintances, and so on.
We can find no record that an article even resembling this was produced by Rochester General Hospital within the last 20 years.
Furthermore, the medical information listed in the article can not be verified by current medical literature and is in no way condoned by this hospital’s medical staff. Also, both The Mended Hearts, Inc., a support organization for heart patients, and the American Heart Association have said that this information should not be forwarded or used by anyone.
Please help us combat the proliferation of this misinformation. We ask that you please send this e-mail to anyone who sent you the article, and please ask them to do the same.
For reporters:
Other information on this issue can be found at
The Mended Hearts, Inc. or at
Urban Legends.
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The Coughing Rumor � Mended Hearts
Cure this Contagious Rumor: Coughing Won’t Fend Off a Heart Attack
Despite a contagious rumor, coughing doesn’t prevent a heart attack. An e-mail that spread around the world like a contagious disease a few years ago claimed that anyone who feels heart attack symptoms while alone should cough “repeatedly and very vigorously, repeating a breath about every two seconds…until help arrives, or (a normal heartbeat returns).”
Wrong, says the American Heart Association.
“It’s right up there with voodoo as far as I’m concerned,” says Dr. Cary Fishbein, a cardiologist with the Dayton Heart Center.
The coughing technique known as “cough CPR” has been used in hospitals by physicians to treat sudden irregular heartbeats in monitored patients during cardiac catheterization procedures. In this case, a responsive patient who develops a sudden irregular heartbeat could possibly maintain blood flow to the brain and remain conscious for a few seconds if they cough vigorously and forcefully while being directed by a physician.
But traditional CPR is not used to treat heart attack victims who remain conscious – but only if the heart attack if followed by cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association says.
What You Should Do in the Event of a Heart Attack
The American Heart Association encourages you to:
- Recognize the warning signs.
- Take immediate action, including calling 9-1-1.
- Begin CPR, using a combination of rescue breaths and chest compressions.
- Get early access to automated external defibrillation (AED).
The signs of sudden cardiac arrest are:
- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Loss of responsiveness (no response to stimulation)
- Absence of normal breathing
The best way to survive a heart attack is to avoid it altogether by getting early treatment for heart problems, Fishbein says. “If you think you might have heart disease, get checked out.”
Heart Attack Warning Signs
Here are some of the signs that can mean a heart attack is happening.
- Chest discomfort – Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and come back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
- Discomfort in other areas of the upper body – Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
- Shortness of breath – This feeling often comes along with chest discomfort. But it can occur before the chest discomfort.
- Other signs – These may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
If you or someone you’re with has chest discomfort, especially with one or more of the other signs, get help quickly (within five minutes). Call 9-1-1. Get to a hospital right away. Calling 9-1-1 is almost always the fastest way to get life-saving treatment.
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snopes.com: Cough CPR
Origins: This helpful e-mail began its life on the Internet in June 1999, and in the spring of 2004 a Powerpoint presentation of it began circulating online. Those kindhearted souls who started it on its way likely had no inkling the advice they were forwarding could potentially be harmful to someone undergoing a heart attack, but that is indeed the case.
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