Robin survived her blocked artery thanks to the quick thinking of her husband, the EMS crews, and the medical teams at University Hospital.
“It was a regular Saturday night. I started feeling ill. After I got sick, I started to feel pressure in my chest. I told my husband, Rick, I was not feeling well. When I started having trouble breathing, he called 911.
Within five minutes, the EMS crew rushed me to the Trauma/Emergency Department at University Hospital. The Emergency Department was already prepped when I got there and before I knew it, rushing me up to the “cath lab”. There, they immediately X-ray’d my heart and determined I needed an angioplasty and a drug-eluding stent put in. Within minutes they were placing the stent in my heart. Afterwards, I was told my artery was 100% blocked when I arrived. In all, it was just seventeen minutes from the time I arrived at the hospital to the placement of the stent. If not for the quick action of my husband, the EMS and firefighters, and the expertise of the University Hospital Emergency and Cardiovascular teams, I would not be here to tell the story. I AM LIVING PROOF.” ~ Robin G., Cincinnati
