Misinformation has circulated for years on social media about how coughing forcefully can treat a heart attack. Health experts are quick to debunk that myth and warn that "cough CPR" is ineffective.

The posts instruct people to take deep breaths and cough “every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.” VERIFY reader Terrica sent us one of those posts; ...

A recent trend on social media has revived a curious technique from the late 1970s called cough CPR. A post claims that this method can help people, if they are alone, to survive a heart attack by ...

This should not be attempted. If you think you or someone else is having a heart attack you should call 999 immediately. A Facebook post has claimed that coughing “repeatedly and vigorously” can help ...