Heart attacks and cardiac arrests: What’s the difference?
Heart attacks can happen to anyone, of any age. Although they are more likely to occur in older people. In…
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All about heart health
Everything you need to know about heart health from cardiac arrest and CPR, to heart attacks and high blood pressure.…
Variability in blood pressure is a major predictor of heart attack & stroke
Changes to blood pressure over time could be used to identify patients at greatest risk of heart attack and stroke.…
Heart attacks in women: Not just a man’s problem
The British Heart Foundation are campaigning for more people to recognise the signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women. Many people…
High blood pressure and how to reduce it
High blood pressure or hypertension is often an underlying condition, closely associated with serious health issues such as heart attacks and strokes.…
How would you manage a heart attack if you were on your own?
The heart of the matter: According to the British Heart Foundation UK statistics, someone is taken to hospital with a heart…
Heart attacks and cardiac arrest
Heart attacks can happen to anyone, of any age. Although they are more likely to occur in older people. In…
Sudden cardiac arrest in the young
Cardiac arrest doesn’t only happen to old people. Every week in the UK, 12 seemingly fit and healthy young people,…
12 First Aid myths debunked!
Twelve First Aid myths debunked! Being confident in your First Aid knowledge is important to know how to help in…
Flare-ups of gout linked to heart attack and stroke
Flare-ups of gout are linked to heart attack and stroke, says new study: Experts at the University of Nottingham, in…
Learn how to do CPR
Learn how to do CPR with the Resuscitation Council UK: See also their interactive films to test your knowledge of…
First on the medical emergency scene?
If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do…