4 RiversideHealthcare.org After a heart attack, Jean received exceptional cardiac care in her community While working with her grandson around her Peotone home on a beautiful Saturday last November, Jean Caputo felt an ache in her chest. “I was in pain and having a hard time breathing,” says Caputo, now 74. Caputo passed out. She woke up on her side, surrounded by first responders. “When I opened my eyes, a gentleman said, ‘You’re going to be alright. The ambulance is coming,’” Caputo recalls. An ambulance rushed her to Riverside Healthcare’s emergency room, where a medical team went to work treating Caputo’s heart attack. She lost consciousness a second time. When she woke up, it was Tuesday, and she was in the intensive care unit beginning her recovery from triple bypass surgery. The right treatment During a heart attack, blood flow to the heart becomes blocked, which can result in damage to the heart muscle (and lead to death) unless you receive prompt treatment. Close to home, close to heart
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