>> Anchor: WHAT DOES A HEART
ATTACK FEEL LIKE?
OFTEN NOT WHAT YOU IMAGINE.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE A
PERSISTENT MYTH IF IT IS NOT
SHARP IT IS NOT YOUR HEART.
THAT'S WRONG.
>> Anchor: HOLLYWOOD HAS
GIVEN US A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT
A HEART ATTACK LOOKS LIKE.
SOMEONE CLUTCHING THEIR CHEST
AND CRASHING TO THE GROUND.
>> Anchor: IN REAL-LIFE SIGNS
ARE CONFUSING.
DR. FRANK MCGEORGE JOINS USS
WITH SYMPTOMS EVERYONE NEEDS TO
KNOW WHAT DOES A HEART ATTACK
FEEL LIKE?
THREE SURVIVORS WITH THREE
DIFFERENT SETS OF SYMPTOMS.
WOULD YOU RECOGNIZE A SIGN IN
TIME TO SAVE YOUR LIFE?
>> EXCRUCIATING PAIN UPPER BACK.
I HAD PAIN DOWN MY ARMS INTO MY
HANDS.
I FELT LIKE HEADED AND NAUSEOUS.
AND SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.
HEARTBURN.
>> MOWING THE LAWN I WOULD GET
WINDD AND THEN WEIRDEST THING
TEETH WOULD HURT.
LIKE, OKAY, MY TEETH HURT.
>> Reporter: THREE SURVIVORS
AND THREE DIFFERENT SETS OF
SYMPTOMS.
KEITH NOTICED HIS WARNING SIGNS
MONTHS BEFORE HE WENT INTO
CARDIAC ARREST LEAVING A
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL GAME GEE NEVER
HAD THE ELEPHANT ON THE CHEST OR
THINGS.
>> Reporter: GREG FELT HIS
UNEXPLAINED HEARTBURN THE
DABEFORE HIS HEART STOPPED.
>> IT WAS LIKELY SIGNALING ME TO
SAY, NOW IS THE TIME TO GO.
>> Reporter: COURTNEY
ALEXANDER HAD JUST FINISHED
SEEING WHEN HER SYMPTOMS STRUCK
OUT OF THE BLUE.
>> I HAD NO RISK FACTORS, NO
FAMILY HISTORY OF ANYTHING.
AND ESPECIALLY HEART DISEASE.
>> SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
PHYSICIANS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON IN FIRST FEW MINUTES.
>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR FROM
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SAID
DISMISS RED FLAGS.
>> SEEMS TO BE A PERSISTENT MYTH
YOUR HEART. THAT'S WRONG.
I HAVE HAD AN EKG IN MY HAND
THAT SHOWED THAT PERSON HAVING A
HEART ATTACK, I EXPLAINED THAT
TO THE PATIENT AND THEY SAID NO
THERE IS NO CHEST PAIN.
JUST PRESSURE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OH HOY MOST
EXPERIENCE HEART PAIN IT IS A
HEAVY PRESSURE IN THE CHEST.
WITH A SQUEEZING SENINGS
SARADIATING TO SHOULDER, JAW,
BACK, ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTNESS
OF BREATH, NAUSEA, SWEATY,
CLASSIC SYMPTOMS.
>> Reporter: WOMEN AND PEOPLE
WITH DIABETES MORE LIKELY TO
SUBTLE SYMPTOMS.
SOME ARE SUDDEN OFTEN THERE WERE
WARNING SIGNS.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH
HEART ATTACKS OFTEN YOU CAN GO
BACK AND ASK THEM IN DAYS AND
WEEKS AND MONTHS PRECEDING THAT
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT NORMALLY I
WALK UP FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT WORK
I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
BUT NOTIFY DISCOMFORT.
>> Reporter: WAIT UNTIL
DELAY.
>> THE LONGER YOU WAIT AND LET
THAT HEART MUSCLE DIE THE WORST
OFF YOU WILL BE.
AS EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN I WOULD
RATHER SEE SOMEONE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM THAN
THE END.
DIAGNOSING.
>> Reporter: KEITH, GREG,
CORTNEY ARE GRATEFUL THEY
SURVIVED AND HOPE OTHERS LEARNED
FROM THEIR STORIES.
>> MAKE SURE YOU SEE A DOCTOR.
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
WILL BE ABLE TO TELL.
>> BEST THING TO DO IS CHECK IT
OUT.
DO NOT DO WHAT I DID AND SAY
WELL, I AM SURE IT WILL BE FINE.
>> Reporter: SOMEONE SUFFERS A
HEART ATTACK EVERY 43 SECONDS.
WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF IT
WAS YOU?
TOMORROW AT 5:00 FOUR STEPS TO
SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>> Anchor: THAT'S DEFINITELY
TOMORROW AT 5:00.
>> Anchor: ONE OF THE EXPERTS
SAY AS A GENERAL RULE IF YOU ARE
SITTING HOME GOOGLING THE
SYMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK THERE
IS A GOODGENS CHANCE YOU ARE
HAVING ONE AND CALL 911.
>> Anchor: BETTER TO BE SAFE
THAN SORRY.
WE WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU OR A LOVED ONES E ONE ARE
A SURVIVOR GO TO OUR HEALTH PAGE
AND SHARE YOUR STORY.
WHAT DOES A HEART ATTACK FEEL
LIKE TO HELP OTHERS REALIZE WHAT
IS HAPPENING FASTER.
SO PEOPLE KNOW.
EXPECT.
TOMORROW 12:15.
DOCTOR FROM THAT STORY WILL JOIN
US FACEBOOK LIVE AND ANSWER
LEARNED FROM YOUR STORIES.