Heart disease is the number one cause of death for both men and women worldwide. Heart attacks represent 30% of global fatalities and are classified as high medical emergencies. Unfortunately, almost half of mortal sudden cardiac arrest occurs outside a hospital. In an attempt to decrease this rate and thus, be able to save lives, it is decisive to anticipate a heart attack by early detection of concomitant signs. Furthermore, if associated symptoms of heart abnormalities such as arrhythmias could be foreseen, unaware patients could be alerted beforehand thus, granting them precious time to seek effective medical assistance. Finally, patients with heart conditions are at high risk of running irreversible incidents when left alone at home without close surveillance or monitoring. The objective of this paper is to present a comprehensive platform with a threefold objective aiming at contributing towards a vital solution to the aforementioned unfortunate encounters. The platform consists of an electronic device interfaced with a smart phone that will acquire electrocardiogram (ECG) signals around the clock, and using inter-beat (R-R) interval analysis, alert the patient at once, and instantly contact a preprogrammed emergency service number when a risk threshold is gauged.