[citation needed] It is described as a "resuscitation technique" in which through prolonged coughing and deep breathing every 2 seconds, a person suffering a cardiac dysrhythmia immediately before cardiac arrest can keep conscious until help arrives (or until the person can get to the nearest hospital).
This can result in chest pain and discomfort, and requires immediate medical attention to resolve the occlusion by emergency surgery or cardiac clot-busting drugs.
[medical citation needed] Cough CPR has been the subject of a series of chain email campaigns.
Without help the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel Faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.