'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 vigorously. A deep breath should be taken
before each cough, 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. This allows the heart
attack victim to get to a hospital.