Here is a health tip I found on another board. I have never heard this before and since many of us are or will soon be in the woods I thought I would post it. As I said, I read it on another board so I can't take credit for it, but none the less it is one heck of a tip!!!

Fellow Hunters and Outdoor Enthusiasts,

I read this health tip and thought it would be great to know as we head into another hunting season.

It might be something we need someday.

The example is not hunting related but very important and I thought had value for people hunting alone. It comes from a Rochester NY Hospital.

Good luck, have fun and be safe!
mxperform

How to survive a Heart Attack when Alone...

Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after
an unusually hard day on the job.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated.
Suddenly 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 your 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.
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack,
this article seemed to be in order.

Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly 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 very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough.
The cough must be deep and prolonged,
as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
And a cough must be repeated about every 2 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.
In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this,
it could save their lives!

From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital
via
Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON .
(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)
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