CHOOSE EARLY - DON'T DELAY Don't take chest pain lightly. It often is a warning signal for a heart attack. And that's when your prompt action may be the key to your survival. Research shows that treatment of heart attacks in the first hour offers the best opportunity to prevent damage to heart muscke, and to ensure survival and faster rehabilitation.

THE 5 STEPS TO BECOMING AN EARLY HEART CARE GIVER: 1. Watch the vidotapes. (FREE renatal at all Blockbuster Video stores nationwide.) 2. Learn the warning signs. 3. Take the quiz. 4. Take the Caregiver's Oath. 5. Become deputized.

ALL HEART ATTACKS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL! Heart attacks come in different sizes and shapes. In most cases, they begin with warning signs that tell us something--this is heart damage and/or death--is impending. The road to destruction and the "crash" of your life has stop-off points that can save you if you recognize the signs. EARLY HEART ATTACK CARE GIVERS OATH: I hereby solemnly swear that when a person in my presence is experiencing the early symptoms of a heart attack, I will make every effort to get that person to go to the nearest hospital emergency room to get those symptoms checked out.

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