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Heart Risk
Navigator Starter

A guided starter tool for organising what you know, identifying what is missing, preparing better health team questions, and choosing one clear next action.

Use the worksheet

How to use this

Use it before the conversation, not instead of the conversation.

The Heart Risk Navigator Starter is a preparation tool. It does not interpret your results for you. It helps you collect the pieces, reduce the noise, and bring a clearer snapshot to your health team.

Capture the known facts

Write down results, dates, units, family history, medicines, and your main concern without trying to solve everything at once.

Name what needs clarifying

Identify tests you wonder about, results that do not make sense, records you still need, and questions worth raising.

Choose one next action

Move from scattered worry to one practical step: request, message, gather, prepare, or begin a prevention habit.

The worksheet

Fill it online, then print or save as PDF

Nothing you type here is submitted to HeartFirst. Use it locally, print it, save it, or clear it when you are done.

Heart Risk Navigator Starter

Known. Unknown. To discuss. Next action.

Estimated time: 10–20 minutes · Difficulty: beginner · Format: web, print, browser PDF

1 What I know

Capture facts first. Interpretation comes later with your health team.

Lab results date, value, unit

Family history heart attack, stroke, high cholesterol, Lp(a)

Current medicines include supplements if relevant

My main concern right now

2 What I need to clarify

Name the gaps. This helps you avoid vague worry and prepare focused questions. Want deeper evidence?

Tests I have not had but wonder about

Results I do not fully understand

Records or context I still need

Anything that may need urgent advice?

3 What I want to discuss

A shorter question list usually works better than a long unsorted list.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

4 My next action

Choose one useful action. You can add more later.

Request a test Send a portal message Gather records Prepare for appointment Start a prevention habit Begin a family conversation

The one action I will take next

5 Notes for my health team

Use this space for anything you want to bring into the conversation without losing it.

Privacy and boundary: This page runs in your browser. It does not submit, save, or send what you type. If you print or save a PDF, you control that copy. This worksheet is for education and preparation only. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace personalised medical advice. If symptoms may be urgent, seek urgent medical care.

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Built for local use and low friction.

The first standalone Toolkit resource is deliberately simple: no account, no upload, no tracking of what you write.

Use it as a preparation aid. Fill it before an appointment, after a confusing result, before sending a portal message, or when you need to separate known facts from unanswered questions. For more context, use the Glossary, Research, and Briefings sections.

Want more support?

Use the Full Guide for more context and examples

This Starter is the quick introduction to the Navigator system. The Full Guide follows the same pathway with more explanation, examples, and prompts if you want extra structure before a health team conversation.

Use the Full Guide

Full Guide: https://heartfirst.shyntesy.com/toolkit/heart-risk-navigator-starter/full-guide/

Need more structure?
Use the product pathway.

The Heart Risk Navigator Starter is a free preparation worksheet. The HeartFirst product pathway gives a fuller guided system for clarifying risk signals, preparing conversations, and building prevention momentum.

See the full pathway

Where to go next

Heart RiskNavigator Starter