Alone and you get a chest pain which can be heart attack and you are away from a hospital; than you have to be quick as you have just 10 seconds generally before losing consciousness. Generally the persons near an individual may not be adept in handling such cases and thus self help is the best mantra.

How to Help Yourself in Case of a Heart Attack?

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.

Benefits of Deep Breath in Case of Heart Attack

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.

Have a look at below video which will help you understand how to survive the heart attack when you are alone.