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In the event of a sudden occurrence of a heart attack, people are usually helpless.
The heart begins to beat irregularly and you have only 10 seconds to react before you lose consciousness.
In addition to immediate professional medical help, there is one more thing that can literally save your life.
You may be surprised now, but that thing is forceful coughing.
Specifically, this means that you should immediately begin to energetically and continuously cough. So much that residues of fluids located in your throat come out.
At the same time you should try to breathe deeply.
How does it all work?
Deep breathing helps increase your oxygen supply and coughing increases pressure on the heart, helping to maintain blood circulation and a normal heartbeat.
Coughing and breathing should be continuous, every 2 seconds, until you are provided with professional medical help.
Help should be provided either by someone nearby who knows what they’re doing, or by the ambulance called.
If in the meantime you happen to feel a slight improvement, wait a little longer and then you can stop coughing.
This way people who have just suffered a heart attack have a chance to buy some extra time to get to the hospital and thus avoid serious consequences.
