This is approximately 460 people dying every day, affecting 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women. Just knowing what the symptoms of a heart attack are, and what to do could save someone's life.
Recent research shows that many people delay calling an ambulance, sometimes for several hours.
The main reason given for this delay was that they were unsure of the symptoms of a heart attack and many thought it was simply indigestion. A persistan crushing vice like pain in the centre of the chest, which may spread to the shoulders, neck, jaws and arms. Breathlessness, sweating, sickness, feeling faint and discomfort in the high abdomen- like severe indigestion. Ashen skin colour, and blueness of the lips. The ambulance will arrive quickly and be fully equipped to deal with a heart attack.