Act In Time To Heart Attack Signs - Wallet Card
This pocket-sized card for wallet or purse gives brief reminders of heart attack warning signs, steps to take if symptoms occur, and the importance of acting quickly. Offers space to write in current medications and key phone numbers as an easy reference for both the patient and emergency care providers. This colorful, tri-fold card is 2 1/8 by 3 1/4 inches. Great for health fairs, information centers, and health care providers too.
- Item number
- 01-3667
Full text
Originally published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH Publication No. 01-3667). U.S. government work, public domain. Reproduced as archived reference, not current guidance.
Heart Attack Survival Plan
Information To Share With Emergency Personnel/Hospital Staff Medicines you are taking:
Medicines you are allergic to:
In partnership with:
The National Council on the Aging
If symptoms stop completely in less than
Act in Time to
5 minutes, you should still call your health care provider.
Heart
Phone number during office hours:
Attack Signs
Phone number after office hours:
Person You Would Like Contacted If You Go to the Hospital
Name:
Home phone:
Work phone:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH Publication No. 01-3667 September 2001
Act in Time to
Heart Attack Signs
Keep this Card Handy Complete the information on the reverse side. Keep this card in your wallet or purse. It can help save a life—maybe your own.
Act in Time To Heart Attack Signs
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
Heart Attack Warning Signs ▲ Chest Discomfort Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back.
Fast Action Saves Lives If you or someone you are with begins to have chest discomfort, especially with one or more of the other symptoms of a heart attack, call 9-1-1 right away. Don’t wait for more than a
few minutes—5 minutes at most—to
▲ Discomfort in Other Areas of the Upper Body May be felt in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.
call 9-1-1. If you are having symptoms and cannot call 9-1-1, have someone else drive you to the hospital right away. Never drive yourself, unless you have absolutely no other choice. ▲ Shortness of Breath Often occurs with or before chest discomfort.
▲ Other Signs May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness.
9-1-1
Archived page, reproduced from a 2006 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.