Everyone should also know that not every heart attack
symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never
have the first chest pain during the course of a heart
attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60%
of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do
not wake up.
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 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 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. In this way, heart attack victims can get
to a hospital.
