{"id":1612,"date":"2016-11-08T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T23:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2024-06-19T12:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:17:16","slug":"new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/","title":{"rendered":"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cfh_streator_biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568\"In August 2016, Carol Biroschik woke up one morning with pain in her neck, jaw and down both of her sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had worked outside in my flower bed the day prior, so I thought it might have been aches and pains from doing that,\u201d Carol, a Streator native, said.<\/p>\n

But when Carol\u2019s pain persisted and worsened into the afternoon, her husband, Steve Biroschik, a retired General Electric emergency response coordinator, suggested she call her primary care doctor, Dr. Cynthia Cabalfin, an OSF HealthCare<\/a> internal medicine provider.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cabalfin suggested she go to the OSF Center for Health \u2013 Streator Emergency Center to get checked out immediately.<\/p>\n

Steve and Carol arrived at OSF Center for Health \u2013 Streator Emergency Center<\/a>. They were getting checked in when Carol started having intense, sharp pains.<\/p>\n

Carol was quickly taken to a room where she listed her symptoms for Dr. Glenn Aldinger, emergency center physician. He immediately ordered an electrocardiogram (EKG).<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Aldinger came flying back in the room after reviewing my EKG results, and he said, \u2018You are having a full-blown heart attack.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Aldinger and the emergency room nurses stabilized Carol and immediately called OSF Life Flight to take her to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center<\/a> in Peoria. She was rushed to surgery, where she had two stents put in to restore blood flow to her blocked arteries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was out of surgery and in recovery before Steve even made it from Streator to OSF Saint Francis,\u201d Carol said.<\/p>\n

Recovery at home<\/h2>\n

Today, Carol is living life to the fullest with her husband, their two grown children and their grandchildren. She now utilizes the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at OSF Center for Health \u2013 Streator to help with her recovery. The program includes a combination of exercise and educational sessions with a skilled cardiac nurse three days a week, following an individualized treatment plan for her specific condition and goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most common heart attack symptoms include pain or discomfort in the chest, arm or shoulder; shortness of breath; jaw, neck or back pain; and lightheadedness,\u201d said Dr. Brian Rosborough, Regional Director of OSF Medical Group, I-80 Region. \u201cIf you experience any of these symptoms, go to your nearest emergency room immediately. Many people don\u2019t realize they are having a heart attack because some start off mild and become increasing more intense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to her heart attack, Carol had never had any issues with her heart. She encourages everyone to learn the signs of a heart attack and seek help immediately if you are having any symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell everyone I am OSF\u2019s biggest fan. The staff at OSF Center for Health \u2013 Streator Emergency Center and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center saved my life \u2013 they are my saints and angels,\u201d Carol said. \u201cI would recommend OSF to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In August 2016, Carol Biroschik woke up one morning with pain in her neck, jaw and down both of her sides. \u201cI had worked outside in my flower bed the day prior, so I thought it might have been aches and pains from doing that,\u201d Carol, a Streator native, said. But when Carol\u2019s pain persisted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,223],"tags":[429,113,106],"coauthors":[690],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiovascular","category-patient-story","tag-emergency","tag-heart-attack","tag-heart-disease"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OSF HealthCare Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-08T23:41:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-19T17:17:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauren Hoefert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauren Hoefert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/\",\"name\":\"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-08T23:41:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-19T17:17:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aa0cbd58cf035ab3a16503d24ca4c251\"},\"description\":\"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"OSF HealthCare Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aa0cbd58cf035ab3a16503d24ca4c251\",\"name\":\"Lauren Hoefert\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/lhoefert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life","description":"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life","og_description":"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.","og_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/","og_site_name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare","article_published_time":"2016-11-08T23:41:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-19T17:17:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lauren Hoefert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_site":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lauren Hoefert","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/","name":"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-08T23:41:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-19T17:17:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aa0cbd58cf035ab3a16503d24ca4c251"},"description":"Carol Biroschik woke up one morning in pain. Quick thinking from the doctors at OSF Center for Health - Streator saved her life.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg","width":300,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/new-emergency-center-saves-streator-natives-life\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Emergency Center Saves Streator Native\u2019s Life"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/","name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aa0cbd58cf035ab3a16503d24ca4c251","name":"Lauren Hoefert","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/lhoefert\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Gary Horrie","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CFH_Streator_Biroschiks_pt_testmony_20161101-568.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18655,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/18655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}