Heart failure: What to do when you feel sick | Living Well with Heart Failure
Heart failure: What to do when you feel sick | Living Well with Heart Failure
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0 -> living with heart failure there may be
2.76 -> times when your symptoms get worse
5.52 -> call your doctor nurse or health worker
9.179 -> within 24 hours if your ankles legs or
14.34 -> stomach swelling is getting worse
16.8 -> which you can see when your shoes socks
19.8 -> or pants become tighter
23.34 -> if your weight goes up or down by two
25.8 -> kilograms in two days or it becomes hard
29.82 -> to walk as far as usual
32.04 -> or your breathing becomes more difficult
34.94 -> check in with your health care team
39 -> a new persistent cough or difficulty
42.3 -> sleeping with the need to use more
44.64 -> pillows to sit up and breathe calmly are
47.94 -> all warnings to ask for help
50.82 -> sometimes your heart might be really
53.219 -> struggling and you will need more urgent
56.16 -> help
57.899 -> If you experience the warning signs of a
60.48 -> heart attack such as pain pressure
63.539 -> heaviness
65.64 -> or tightness in your chest arm back jaw
70.979 -> neck or shoulder stop and rest
76.14 -> if symptoms last more than 10 minutes
78.619 -> call Triple zero and ask for an
82.259 -> ambulance
83.7 -> if you feel your heart racing and you
86.4 -> are feeling dizzy or you collapse
89.64 -> call Triple zero and ask for an
93 -> ambulance if you feel it is very hard to
96.36 -> breathe despite resting call Triple zero
100.2 -> you need an ambulance
103.56 -> if you are caring for someone
105.56 -> experiencing these urgent symptoms
108.479 -> help them to rest and stay with them
111.32 -> call Triple zero and ask for an
114.78 -> ambulance and to learn more about
116.7 -> managing heart failure watch the other
119.22 -> videos in this series
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPOAhPoLbfA