Father had a STEMI
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Hello everyone. So I am a recent nursing school graduate and have had my RN license for less then a month. Tonight my father tonight came to me at about 9PM complaining of chest pain and nausea & vomitting. He thought it was indigestion since he suffers from GERD and asked me to take his BP.
I took one look at him and saw he was pale and his skin was cool and clamy and he was very anxious. I immediately brought him to the ED because I knew in my mind he was having an MI and they did an EKG and the second I saw his EKG with a firemens hat my fear of a STEMI came true.
Lucky I caught it and got him to a hospital and he had a stent placed. He initially wanted to "sleep it off" because he was determined it was indigestion. So I'm just curious, what if he did go to sleep while suffering from a STEMI? Would he have passed away in his sleep tonight? Absolutely awful to think but I cant stop thinking about it since if I wasnt home, that's exactly what he wouldve done.
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Scotgal MilestoneRN
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It's a good thing you took your dad to the ED, I had a STEMI back in October, I didn't have any blockages, I just had a vasospasm induced STEMI as a result of a LUPUS flare. I still have some damage, but it could've been far worse. I wish you the best with your dad moving forward.