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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN urged to call an ambulance immediately if they suspect they are having a heart attack, after figures revealed that many fail to do so.
About 6,300 people suffer a heart attack in Ireland every year, however just half of those who present themselves at hospital experiencing a heart attack arrive by ambulance. The Irish Heart Foundation is urging people, and particularly men, to take symptoms seriously and call 999 if they feel unwell.
The new initiative – “Don’t die of embarrassment” - is backed by Westlife’s Nicky Byrne and his family after his father, Nikki Byrne Senior passed away from heart attack in 2009.
“We all know someone who has had a heart attack and the symptoms are not always what you think. It does not always have to be a Hollywood heart attack. That’s what happened to my dad,” said Byne at the launch of the campaign at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. “He wasn’t feeling well but, like many men, he didn’t want to cause a fuss,” he added.
Figures from the CSO (Central Statistics Office, 2008) show that 83 per cent of premature deaths from heart attack under the age of 65 occur in men – which is equal to five men dying prematurely every week or a total of 274 premature male deaths annually.
Dr Angie Brown, Medical Director of the Irish Heart Foundation and consultant cardiologist said that a heart attack is a “serious medical emergency” and every minute lost or delayed in getting treatment increases damage to the heartmuscle and increases the risk of death. “Too often the signs are ignored until it is too late or delays occur by going first to the GP, calling a family member or friend or even by driving yourself to hospital which is extremely dangerous. Our message is simple – don’t die of embarrassment, pick up the phone and dial 999 immediately,” she said.
An Irish Heart Foundation survey showed that most Irish adults (58 per cent) seem to know the symptoms of a heart attack, the problem appears to lie in calling for help, says However according to Brown. “It is shocking to think that almost 6 out of 10 people know heart attack symptoms but when it comes to getting help, only half of these will arrive by ambulance,” she said.
After losing his father to a heart attack, Byrne talked about the devastating consequences of waiting too long to seek help: “He had a pain in his lower stomach the day before he passed,” he said “We now know he was having a heart attack. At just 60 years old, he passed awayin November 2009″.
Heart attack symptoms
Heart attack symptoms can be diverse including chest pain, pain in the neck, arm, back or jaw, breathlessness, sweating, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
Heart & Stroke Helpline 1890 432 787
If you are worried about heart or stroke problems, talk to an Irish Heart Foundation nurse in confidence Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm on 1890 432 787.
Heart Month, September 2011
This September is the Irish Heart Foundation’s heart month which is supporting the heart attack TV awareness campaign by telling men how to prevent a heart attack. For a free copy of A man’s guide to heart health call 1850 364 364.
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
“In My Life”
@Tricia G: that would be my favourite too. Though I do think that they are overrated
@Gearoid MacEachaidh: massively
@Gearoid MacEachaidh: How many records have you sold?
I told my friend I’m addicted to buying Beatles albums. He said “You need help.”
I said No, I’ve already got that one.
All of them, especially Penny lane, Yellow Submarine, Long and winding Road, Paperback writer, Love me do, Eight days a week… all the songs my lovely Dad played for me on the old record player fadó fadó… Great memories
Norwegian Wood
@Kevin Norris: Absolutely! Love it!
When I’m 64 is brilliant.
@Big D: I sang that at an open mic night on my 64th birthday.
‘In My Life’ or ‘The Long and Winding Road’. Loved ‘Get Back’ too.
Across the universe was very good
So many brilliant songs, it’s so hard to pick one but I love George Harrison’s song, Here comes the sun. Perfect song for the mornings.
She’s Leaving home.
Golden Slumbers/carry that weight.
so so many ye ye ye yeeee
RTE’s Daithi O’Se,Brand Ambassador for hair transplant is self promoting on Ryan Tubridy’s old show. Couldn’t make it up.
Like asking who’s your favourite child. I do have a particular soft spot for pauls “for no one”. Thats my favourite today. Tomorrow it’ll change again
“Give Ireland back to the Irish”
@: Not a Beatles song.
Elenor Rigby hands down – great tune & story
Penny Lane
‘She’s leaving home’. Absolutely gorgeous! ❤️
The Long and Winding Road
Revolution
Dear Prudence
I am the walrus
Happiness is a warm gun
There’s a place
I’m only sleeping
You can’t do that
Girl
In my life
For no one
Something
Dear prudence
The list of great Beatle songs is endless
She’s Leaving Home. Or…If I Fell….or …Here comes the sun…or Revolution….or…I Feel Fine…so many great songs
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.
Taxman!
I’m Only Sleeping.
Don’t look back in anger.
Real Love. amazing song
I like the best of the Beatles’
@Darragh Mcnamara: thanks Alan
I’ve got a feeling. What an unbelievable tune. This song rocks
Over rated band. Some of their lyrics amount to no more than childish nonsense. He likes to keep his engine clean, its a clean machine. If your 6 year old child came home from school after writing that. You wouldn’t even put it on the fridge.
@: The Beatles are rated exactly as they ought to be. You may not like them and that’s OK. but if you smugly state that The Beatles are overrated and are not good at all (said with a superior air due to you not having fallen prey to such a ‘mainstream, uninteresting, common and popular opinion’ as liking The Beatles, your shortcoming is that you invariably know very little nothing about them. You maybe heard Yesterday and Yellow Submarine, and then decided to go against the majority, to be contrary because that’s just the kind of fascinating, breaking-the-mould person that they are. Haha It might seem that way if you are only able to interpret lyrics in their literal sense. Also, if my 6 year old child also created the catalogue of a world renowned, influential artist, I wouldn’t isolate one single piece of work and base my judgment solely on that. Their output was certainly not absolutely perfect. No one’s is. Not only did they change the song-writing and musical elements of pop music, they changed the recording process, the album making process, the attitude to the album itself, the concert/touring aspect, the business aspect, the relationship with the media, the concepts of celebrity and fame, the expectations of a popular, mainstream band.
@: Lyrics like the one you quoted are actually evocative and poetic rather than ‘childish nonsense’ (the same could be said of some of Bob Dylan’s output). If that’s not your kind of thing, fine, but 1960s music (especially Dylan’s) liberated us from the curse of hearing nothing but literal, straightforward lyrics. It was hugely influential and inspirational.
@Brendan O’Brien: but the thing there is the line is both literally true (firemen and their fire engines!) and at the same time evokes a whole culture. ‘clean’ is a running joke through the hard days night film. Penny lane is a good example of writing that is both literal and figurative. Hard to pick out a line from that song that doesn’t hit both levels. Excellent song, real and surreal.
Ah another embarrassing comment from an anonymous reader. Easy to make a fool of yourself when you’re too embarrassed to publish your name.
“The beatles overrated”. Jeez wept.
Hard to choose. Ballad of John and Yoko is a favourite.
All my lovin
The bad songs far outweigh the good. Too many “granny songs” as Lennon said although I think there’s also too many toddler songs like Yellow Submarine, Rocky Raccoon etc
@Ollie McGlinchey: Bah and humbug.
Hippy hippy shake.
Penny Lane
Across the Universe
Something….isn’t there.
Smart ass responses bring it on lol
The long and winding road.
Woman
@Skip17: Ono
Something
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Julia
Side 2 Abbey Road
I am a Walrus.
@John Hanley: THE Walrus
In my life
Rocky Raccoon, love it!
Today it’s Dead Prudance
Tomorrow it could be Hey Bulldog
Changes every day
The Long and Winding Road
Years of lots of logical comments, yet nothing has changed for the better. Is there really any point in being bothered.
Blackbird
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer… :P
Luck of the Irish
Norwegian Wood and Love Me Do (for that old garage mono sound!)
Penny Lane
@peter casey: Two of us
The Long and Winding Road.
Our House
Chelsea Dagger
Taxman. Yea the taxman from the Album Revolver.
Across the Universe
The comments on the genocide going on in Palestine are closed solely because readers may ‘insult’ the US and Israel, big IT trading partners with Ireland. Joe Biden has the power as US president to tell Israel to end this,but mealy mouthedly refuses to do so
Something.
Amazing song……
She loves you yeah yeah yeah
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=she+loves+me+yeah+yeah+yeah+beatles&mid=D83F0E480C5CEEF80D34D83F0E480C5CEEF80D34&FORM=VIRE
A list made up of Beatles by numbers for simpletons with little knowledge.
Stones
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