HELP campaign (Swiss Heart Foundation)
Swiss Heart Foundation nationwide multimedia campaign (2007) to raise awareness of heart attack symptoms, teach lay resuscitation, and get people to call for help faster.
- Years
- 2007
- Country
- Switzerland
- Topic
- Cardiovascular
- Asks people to
- RecognizeSeek help
- Strategy
- Simple instruction
- Channel
- OutdoorPrintTV
- Audience
- Adults
Evidence
ObservationalPositive
National AMIS Plus registry, 8,906 ACS patients 2005-2008: median pre-hospital delay fell from 197 to 180 minutes (10%) after the campaign, out-of-hospital resuscitation rose (OR 1.26) and re-infarction fell; mortality unchanged; little effect in women and the elderly (Naegeli 2011).
Sponsor (who paid)
- Swiss Heart Foundation NGO, funder and creator
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Sources
- Naegeli B, Radovanovic D, Rickli H et al. Impact of a nationwide public campaign on delays and outcome in Swiss patients with acute coronary syndrome. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2011;18(2):297-304 evaluation · 2011 · DOI 10.1177/1741826710389386 · PMID 21450676
Research notes
Created 2026-10-22 by OpenAlex literature mining (openalex-deep pass); evidence level, outcome and findings are paraphrased from the evaluation abstracts, full texts not read. No credits: no page naming an agency was checked. Channels not listed in the abstract ('multimedia'); confirm.
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