Sunday, May 13, 2007

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION'S DOUBT KILLS CAMPAIGN

Chris Street suggests you ask your MP to sign this Early Day Motion:-

EDM 245
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION'S DOUBT KILLS CAMPAIGN
22.11.2006


Sanders, Adrian

That this House welcomes the Doubt Kills campaign launched by the British Heart Foundation, which highlights the importance of recognising the early symptoms of a heart attack and promotes the importance of calling 999 immediately; notes that the campaign includes radio and television advertisements as well as a poster campaign with the heading Chest Pain is Your Body Saying Call 999; further notes that the average heart attack victim waits 90 minutes after the first mild symptoms arise to call for an ambulance and that the mortality rate is twice as high for patients treated four to six hours after the onset of symptoms as it is with patients treated within one to two hours; and calls on the Government to back the campaign.

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