For years, social media has been flooded with posts claiming that a person having a heart attack can save themselves by coughing hard, repeatedly and rhythmically until help arrives. The ...
Dr. Reginald Robinson- cardiologist with Medstar Heart & Vascular Institute at Medstar Washington Hospital Center and American Heart Association Board of Directors, President-Elect Dr. Dasia ...
A viral message claims coughing repeatedly can save your life during a heart attack. This is wrong. Most cardiac arrests are caused by ventricular fibrillation and require immediate defibrillation, ...