Cough CPR - An urban myth or a useful technique?

This is one of those "forward to as many people as possible"
emails that is floating around the net. It sounds somewhat
unlikely to me but I suppose it's better than doing nothing.

I saw an article from AP along the same lines the other day too.

Any thoughts anyone?

Anna

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Reply to chatelaine at lineone dot net

A sharp blow to the chest would be more effective than a cough, ime (not much more though).

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com/

Apparently, some Polish cardiologist is advocating this.
It's controversial on a couple of levels, but it seems
there may be something to it. Go to your favorite health
website and search on "cough cpr" and look for something
dated around 2 Sept., 2003.

I heard something on NPR radio this morning , and they said some
research somewhere shows " If you think you are having a heart attack
( chest pain I would guess), that until the ambulance arrives it might
be beneficial to force your self to cough repeatedly. They said it
would act like a form of CPR and help improve the blood flow to lungs
and the brain, in other words better than doing nothing till the
ambulance arrives.

Bob

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1 28th February 07:04 anna External User Posts: 1	Cough CPR - An urban myth or a useful technique? This is one of those "forward to as many people as possible" emails that is floating around the net. It sounds somewhat unlikely to me but I suppose it's better than doing nothing. I saw an article from AP along the same lines the other day too. Any thoughts anyone? Anna -- Reply to chatelaine at lineone dot net

2 29th February 05:08 dr. andrew b. chung, md/phd External User Posts: 1	Cough CPR - An urban myth or a useful technique? A sharp blow to the chest would be more effective than a cough, ime (not much more though). -- Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Board-Certified Cardiologist http://www.heartmdphd.com/

3 29th February 05:08 eric External User Posts: 1	Cough CPR - An urban myth or a useful technique? Apparently, some Polish cardiologist is advocating this. It's controversial on a couple of levels, but it seems there may be something to it. Go to your favorite health website and search on "cough cpr" and look for something dated around 2 Sept., 2003.