Chest Pain Oath
WE JOINTLY RECOGNIZE that heart diease, and more specifically, the heart attack, is this nation's
number one health problem, and
FURTHER, that heart attacks occur prematurely, resulting in the high morbidity and mortality
for this illness, and
FURTHER, that intervention can prevent this prematurity, and
FURTHER, that educating the community in the early symptoms of heart attack and the need
to act appropriately are strageties to offset these horrendous statistics, and
FURTHER, that education can be provided to the adults to reprogram their response when early
symptoms are recognized, and that primary programming can take place in our education system, and
FURTHER, that action be taken early to get victims into a suer-friendly hospital sytem for
protection and Early Cardiac Care.
WE RESOLVE to uphold these principles. So be it.
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