The Warning Signs of Heart Attack Campaign

The Heart Foundation's Warning Signs of Heart Attack campaign aims to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and morbidity by reducing patient delay in responding to the warning signs of heart attack and calling Triple Zero (000).

To save lives, the campaign will:

• seek to make sure that all Australians better recognise and respond to the warning signs of heart attack
• influence change to systems that contribute to patient delay.

The Warning Signs campaign targets specific population groups:

• CHD patients and their families
• men and women aged 45 years and over
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

New: Warning Signs of Heart Attack Resources Now Available in Other Languages

Our 'Will you recognise your heart attack?' action plan and patient fact sheet are now available in English and six other languages.

For more information, visit our Warning Signs of Heart Attack Coronary Heart Disease Patients webpage.

What You Can Find in Our Warning Signs Webpages

Information about the Warning Signs campaign and resources can be found in the following pages. These quick links give you easy access to information about the campaign and resources that can be downloaded and printed.

Quick links

Coronary heart disease patients
General population campaign

Resources

• Heart attack warning signs - health professional fact sheet
   Download
• Will you recognise your heart attack? - patient fact sheet
   Download
• Will you recognise your heart attack? action plan for patients with CHD who have been prescribed angina medicine
   Download
• Checklist of important information to discuss with your patient and their family when you give them the fact sheet and action plan
   Download

Email us for more information about the Warning Signs of Heart Attack campaign.

Want to give your patients more information but lack the time? Refer them to our Health Information Service on 1300 36 27 87.