Tickle Tuesday!…….and a PSA

 

It’s not Monday; and it’s not Humpday; so it must be “Tickle Tuesday”.  Tickle Tuesday is our attempt to lighten your load and make your week a little brighter.  Today we have an actual sign in New York…….Enjoy!

 

ACTUAL KFC SIGN IN NEW YORK  

Now this one is funny; I don’t care who you are!

 …and a PSA!

 

How To Survive A Heart Attack When You Are Alone

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the personwhose 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 very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about very 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. 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)