Heart Health Information

Keep Your Heart Healthy

In many cases, heart and vascular disease can be prevented by lifestyle changes such as eating healthy, exercising and quitting tobacco. Take a minute and check out our heart health information to see if it could make a difference in your life.

Heart Attack Warning Signs

Some heart attacks are intense and very obvious, but most heart attacks are not so obvious. Many heart attacks begin with only mild pain or discomfort. Don’t hesitate getting medical care.

It is important to recognize these signs and act quickly.

Chest discomfort (pain, squeezing, pressure) that lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and then comes back.
Pain or discomfort in upper body (neck, arms, jaw, back, even stomach).
Shortness of breath with activity.
Feeling lightheaded or dizzy.
Cold sweat.
Nausea.

If chest pain is sudden or severe, call 911. Call your doctor if milder symptoms happen with activity and get better with rest.

Be Tobacco-Free

Within 20 minutes of not using tobacco, your blood pressure is close to normal. Within 24 hours, your chance of a heart attack decreases and within one year, your heart attack rate drops in half. Please call one of these resources for more information:

Oregon Tobacco Quit Line, 1-800-QUIT-NOW 1-800-784-8669.
American Lung Association, 1-800-784-8937.
American Cancer Society, 1-800-227-2345.
CDC – Tobacco information and smoking cessation.

Samaritan Health Services does not endorse the efficacy or accuracy of the information contained in the referenced third-party websites. Independent and specific medical advice concerning your medical condition should be sought before making exercise, dietary, pharmaceutical or lifestyle changes.

Heart Health Information

Keep Your Heart Healthy

Heart Attack Warning Signs

Be Tobacco-Free

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Samaritan Health Services does not endorse the efficacy or accuracy of the information contained in the referenced third-party websites. Independent and specific medical advice concerning your medical condition should be sought before making exercise, dietary, pharmaceutical or lifestyle changes.