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You may experience more than one of these:

■ Tightness, fullness, pressure, squeezing, heaviness or pain in your chest, shoulders, neck, arms, back, jaw or throat.
   
■ You may also have difficulty breathing, nausea or vomiting, a cold sweat, a feeling of being dizzy or light-headed.

If you experience these heart attack warning signs, immediately stop what you are doing and rest. If you are with someone, tell them what you are experiencing.

If your symptoms are severe, get worse quickly or last for 10 minutes (even if they are mild), this is an emergency. Get help fast. Call triple zero (000) and ask for an ambulance. Don’t hang up. The operator will give you advice before the ambulance arrives. (If calling 000 does not work on your mobile phone, try 112.)

Do you have other questions about heart health? Call the Heart Foundation's heart health information service on 1300 36 27 87 (local call cost, business hours)

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