Learning how to prevent injury, how to reduce risk factors and incorporate healthy choices into our lives can improve health and well-being for all age groups. Signs Not all heart disease and strokes can be prevented. The symptoms of heart attack and stroke must be recognized early, so that the proper help can be obtained. Symptoms vary from person to person. In women, the pain is often not as pronounced as in men.
Time is brain.
Caretakers of children and infants must be able to recognize an emergency. Much of the Canadian population lives in rural settings where access to health care takes longer. Early recognition will assist in obtaining care quickly so that a critical event may be prevented. Once bystanders recognize the emergency, the EMS system must be activated by calling 911 or the local emergency number. Individuals experiencing the signs of a heart attack or stroke must be assisted as quickly as possible to prevent death and disability.