The American Health Association has added an important new site to its’ web pages. This one is on heart attacks and complements the original page as well as the pages and links about stroke risks, prevention, treatment and post-stroke life.
The new page is in both English and Spanish.
The AHA and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute have begun a campaign called “Act in Time”,
The American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute have launched a new “Act in Time” campaign to increase people’s awareness of heart attack and the importance of calling 9-1-1 immediately at the onset of heart attack symptoms. Find the links here.
7648-inter-phot.jpgDial 9-1-1 Fast
Heart attack and stroke are life-and-death emergencies — every second counts. If you see or have any of the listed symptoms, immediately call 9-1-1. Not all these signs occur in every heart attack or stroke. Sometimes they go away and return. If some occur, get help fast! Today heart attack and stroke victims can benefit from new medications and treatments unavailable to patients in years past. For example, clot-busting drugs can stop some heart attacks and strokes in progress, reducing disability and saving lives. But to be effective, these drugs must be given relatively quickly after heart attack or stroke symptoms first appear. So again, don’t delay — get help right away!
The stroke page is also a help and is available with a click en Español.
These are more than worth a look. They contain the knowledge to help save your life or keep it from being weakened, shortened and worsened. I know because I took too long to get to the hospital when I had a heart attack and there was extensive damage to the heart that might have been prevented. The result has been twelve difficult years of fighting to survive heart failure, coronary artery disease, angina and cardiac rhythm dysfunctions.
Don”t follow in my footsteps. Act In Time!.
