Dear Camilla,

Thank you for correcting the information that I sent to the list.  I will
be sure to
forward the correction to my aunt.


At 08:24 PM 11/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I went to the website for Rochester General Hospital, and found this caution:
>Important Notice Regarding the article "How to Survive a Heart Attack When
>                                                       Alone."
>
>              Hundreds of people around the country have been receiving an
>e-mail message entitled
>"How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone." This article recommends a
>procedure to survive a heart attack in which the victim is advised to
>repeatedly cough at regular intervals until help arrives.
>
>              The source of information for this article was attributed to
>ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital. This article is being propagated on
>the Internet as individuals send it to friends and acquaintances - and then
>those recipients of the memo send it to their friends and acquaintances,
>and so on.
>
>              We can find no record that an article even resembling this was
>produced by Rochester General Hospital within the last 20 years.
>Furthermore, the medical information listed in the article can not be
>verified by current medical literature and is in no way condoned by this
>hospital's medical staff. Also, both The Mended Hearts, Inc., a support
>organization for heart patients, and the American Heart Association have
>said that this information should not be  forwarded or used by anyone.
>
>              Please help us combat the proliferation of this
>misinformation. We ask that you please send this e-mail to anyone  who sent
>you the article, and please ask them to do the same.
>
>              Sincerely,
>
>              Carrie Arneth-Miller
>              Public Relations
>              ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital
>              (716-922-4055)
>
>                         Things you can do if you think you are having a
>heart attack,
>                                         as suggested by our medical staff:
>
>              Stop all physical activity and sit and rest
>
>              Contact your physician's office immediately to report symptoms
>and receive further instruction
>
>              If there is any delay in contacting your physician, and your
>pain persists, call 911 and proceed immediately by  ambulance to the
>nearest hospital for evaluation and treatment.
>
>              If you have known coronary artery disease and experience chest
>pain, sit and rest, place one nitroglycerin under   your tongue and then
>call your physician's office.
>
>              Wait 5 minutes and take another nitroglycerin if you still
>have chest pain. Follow your physician's instructions.
>
>              If there is any delay in receiving instructions and you have
>taken three nitroglycerin tablets five minutes apart and  still have chest
>pain, call 911 and proceed immediately by ambulance to the nearest hospital
>for evaluation and  treatment.
>
>              If you have no contraindication to using aspirin, chew and
>swallow one 325 mg. aspirin while you are waiting for  the ambulance.
>
>                                                     For reporters:
>
>              Other information on this issue can be gathered from Darla
>Bonham, Executive Director, The Mended Hearts, Inc.    email to:
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>              Heart and other health related information is available on our
>website at www.viahealth.org
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> >Dear Friends,
> >FWIW this was sent to me by my aunt who is a nurse in Texas.
>
> >>Self CPR--please read!!! Not a joke
> >>
>
>Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
>Oxford, Ohio
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Sue
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I plan to live forever---so far so good.

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