[AT] Coughing CPR; Now: sneezing

[Larry D Goss]

I'm surprised this topic (coughing CPR) is still traveling around the 
Internet after all these years.  Snopes thinks it's a hoax.  At best no one 
is endorsing it as a legitimate technique.

Here's a question to ponder:  Can you sneeze without closing your eyes?

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Coughing CPR


> Ron,
>  Talk to your doctor about Catheter Ablation for your problem. My
> father had it done yesterday to correct an atrial fibrillation problem
> and restore a normal rhythm. Seems to have worked. His pulse dropped
> from 100+ AFib to a 70-80 normal sinus. Took him in yesterday at 11:30,
> they wheeled him in at 3:15 and even though they needed to do a large
> area they had him out and back in his room at 7:30.
>
> As far as the Coughing CPR. I cannot say it will not help but like Ron
> says the usual problem is that you won't really know there is a problem
> until it is too late to do anything.
>
> I will however urge EVERYONE to look into getting CPR training. Rapid
> CPR and Defibrillation have saved a LOT of lives. Defibs are in a LOT of
> places now and being able to use one NOW is the key to the entire thing.
> Most studies show that someone who goes into cardiac arrest and gets hit
> with a defib AND converts within 5-8 minutes stand a chance. That is the
> good news. The bad news is that the conversion rate isn't all that high.
>
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
>
>
> RonMyers at wildblue.net wrote:
>> As someone who has heart problems including my heart going into 200 beat
>> per minute and also stopping at times. You can't tell when something is
>> wrong until you start passing out by then its to late to do anything but
>> hope it comes back.
>> Ron
>>
>>> I believe, if I remember correctly, if you feel your heart stop, then
>>> you are to start coughing.   If you just have chest pains, call 911,
>>> right away.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
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