05/17/2026
When you are alone and have a heart attack, what are you gonna do?
All of a sudden you experience chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart.
A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. That’s how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment.
Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
