Suspected heart attack
- Chest pain, pressure or tightness lasting more than a few minutes, or coming back
- Pain spreading to the arm, left shoulder, jaw, neck or back
- Breathlessness, with or without chest pain
- Cold sweat, nausea or light-headedness
- Women, elders and people with diabetes may only feel tiredness, breathlessness or upper-stomach discomfort
- Call 108 (ambulance) or 112 right away.
- Stop all activity, sit down and stay calm. Loosen tight clothing.
- Do not drive yourself. Go by ambulance to a hospital that can do angioplasty.
- Chew an aspirin only if a doctor or the call-taker advises it and you are not allergic.
- Keep your old reports and medicine list ready for the hospital team.
