MISCELLANY

Margaret Chambers
Jul 25, 2020
4 min read

Updated: Oct 3, 2023

For anything and everything which doesn't fit into the other categories

This has just been sent to me and is well worth the read - re HEART ATTACK

1. Say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.

2. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated.

3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.

4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.

5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

6. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

10. A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we’ll save at least one life.

11. Rather than sending jokes, please... contribute by forwarding this mail which can save a person’s life.

12. If this message comes around you... more than once… please don’t get irritated... You should instead, be happy that you have many friends who care about you & keep reminding you how to deal with a heart attack.

If you have any life-affirming anecdotes or information which may help others, why not make contact and let me know all about them. I'd love to hear from you

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Food for Thought

Facebook Post re maintaining social contact

I spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had to transfer some money. I couldn't resist myself & asked...

''Dad, why don't we activate your internet banking?''

'Why would I do that?'' He asked...

''Well, then you won't have to spend an hour here for things like transfer.

You can even do your shopping online. Everything will be so easy!''

I was so excited about initiating him into the world of Net banking.

He asked ''If I do that, I won't have to step out of the house?

''Yes, yes''! I said. I told him how even groceries can be delivered to the door now and how Amazon delivers everything!

His answer left me tongue-tied.

He said ''Since I entered this bank today, I have met four of my friends, I have chatted a while with the staff who know me very well by now.

You know I am alone...this is the company that I need. I like to get ready and come to the bank. I have enough time, it is the physical touch that I crave.

Two years back I got sick, The store owner from whom I buy fruits, came to see me and sat by my bedside and cried.

When your Mum fell down once while on her morning walk, our local grocer saw her and immediately got his car to rush her home as he knew where I live.

Would I have that 'human' touch if everything became online?

Why would I want everything delivered to me and force me to interact with just my computer?

I like to know the person that I'm dealing with and not just the 'seller'. It creates bonds of Relationships.

Does Amazon deliver all this as well?''

Technology isn't life..

Spend time with people .. Not with devices.

Writer: Unknown

My own response to this:-

I am a great advocate of doing as much as I can online. However, after reading this, it really made me stop and think. If you are lonely, it really makes sense to get out and about, mixing with other people as much as you can.

There are exceptions though as lots of towns no longer have a bank and so online banking can be a boon, especially as you can now pay cheques in online.

So in summary, probably a bit of each way is best. Do some things online but never stop going out and meeting people.