Many have been save by Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. It is a procedure of providing artificial breaths and external chest compression to any person who is not breathing and whos heart is no longer pumping.
Just recently, a procedure called cough CPR has been circulating in the Healthcare community. This procedure is sometimes called Self CPR.
Probably, you are thinking as to how can you provide artificial breaths and chest compression to yourself. Basically, the procedure does not involve any of those.
Cough CPR actually involves inhaling air and forcefull coughing. It has been thought that by inhaling air well provide the person with oxygen and forceful coughing will somehow provide the heart some sort of external compression.
To set things straight, the American Heart Association does not recommend cough CPR. It has been noted that perhaps it started during cardiac catherization when the patient suffers an abnormal heart beat. This is actually a monitored condition usually with the use of ECG machine and within the hospital operating room setting, when such abnormal heartbeat or rhythm is discovered, the nurse or doctor often advised the patient to cough. When this is done, the patient coughing may provide the brain with oxygen to keep him conscious until the abnormality is gone or treated.
It is therefore clear that such procedure is only applicable in a controlled condition and recognizing the early signals of heart attack is still the best option.
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