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DIY or die: How an Australian outback nurse diagnosed his own heart attack and saved his life

For a nurse in one of Australia's most remote corners, it is DIY or die.

Alone at his station, more than 600 miles from the city of Perth and 100 miles from any hospital at all, the 44-year-old man experiences a sudden bout of dizziness and severe chest pain.

What he does next is remarkable, life-saving and - to a considerable degree - instructive.

He hooks up electrical leads to his upper body, records a heart-rhythm graph and sends it over a phone line established in 2012 to bring medical care to

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