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Wednesday 02 May 2018

You may have noticed information doing the rounds on social media about so called 鈥淐ough 网曝门鈥� which mistakenly claims that if you are alone and suffer a cardiac arrest, coughing vigorously can help save your life. This is not true.

There is no medical evidence to support the use of 鈥淐ough 网曝门鈥� and in accordance with international guidelines and best practice, the 网曝门 does not endorse this practice.

The 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care state that 鈥渃ough 网曝门鈥� is not useful for unresponsive victims and should not be taught to lay rescuers.

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