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\u201cI was dumbfounded when I had the heart attack, I thought I was doing the right things.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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After a Quick Response to a Heart Attack, Jim Cline Is Living Life to the Fullest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jim Cline had just achieved a personal best on the strider machine at the SamFit<\/a> gym in Newport, and the next thing he knew, he was waking up in the Emergency Department. After being told he\u2019d had a heart attack, he asked to call his wife. The doctor dialed the phone and handed it to Jim.

\u201cHi, honey. I\u2019m in the Emergency Room in Newport,\u201d Jim said when Amy Cline answered.

\u201cWhat did you break?\u201d she asked.

\u201cI think I broke my heart,\u201d Jim said.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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It was a rainy, chilly Monday morning in December. Deborah Olff, RN, a home health and hospice nurse at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital<\/a>, was working out at the SamFit gym for the first time in two years when she saw Jim Cline collapse. Her basic training kicked in and she rushed to his side to check his pulse. There was none. She began chest compressions while another person dialed 9-1-1. Jennifer Miller, the hospital\u2019s Physical Rehabilitation Department manager, also happened to be working out that morning. She took over chest compressions while Olff ran to get the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detecting no heartbeat, the AED shocked Jim\u2019s heart twice to try and restart his heart. By the time paramedics arrived, eight minutes later, Jim again had a pulse. Though it was Olff\u2019s first time doing CPR, her quick action may have saved Jim\u2019s life, and kept his heart from being damaged. Later, Cardiologist Sridhar Vijayasekaran, MD<\/a>, told Jim that because CPR was started so quickly \u2014 within 10 to 15 seconds, and the AED was applied so quickly \u2014 within about 45 seconds \u2014 there was no detectable damage to his heart from the heart attack. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI think I broke my heart.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The doctor told Amy her husband would be transferred to\u00a0Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center<\/a>. The Clines live in Siletz, so Amy left her house and waited to meet the ambulance at the highway junction.\u00a0

\u201cI followed him with my flashers on all the way over, including going through stop lights,\u201d she said. \u201cThe ambulance stopped, and they told me I could not go through stop signs or red lights. I said, \u2018They\u2019ll have to catch me.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center three stents were placed in Jim\u2019s coronary arteries, and he was discharged in two days. He\u2019d not had heart issues in the past, and the heart attack surprised him. 

\u201cI was dumbfounded when I had the heart attack, because I thought I was doing the right things,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause I had been working out regularly for years, my heart was strong. I think that helped my recovery a whole lot, because I wasn\u2019t laying around getting a flabby heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Jim also credits\u00a0cardiac rehabilitation<\/a>\u00a0at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital for helping him recover.\u00a0

\u201cThey are enthusiastic and genuinely concerned about helping you get better,\u201d he said. \u201cAt my first session, they asked me about my goals and I said that by the end of the program I want to be back physically to where I was when I started.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiac Rehab Exercise Specialist Nicole Schultz helped Jim reach his goals, in large part by setting limits for him. 

\u201cAt the first session, I asked if I could start lifting again,\u201d said Jim. \u201cShe said no.\u201d 

After two weeks of close monitoring of Jim\u2019s activity at the cardiac rehab gym, he was allowed to start lifting again, at 50% of what he had been doing before. \u201cBy the end of cardiac rehab, I was at 95% of where I was, now I am above where I was,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Jim called from the Emergency Department, he sounded fine to Amy, and even though he\u2019d had a heart attack, it took a while for it to sink in. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI want to be able to spend time with my wife … I worked a lot for a lot of years. I owe her what time I have left.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a pretty stoic and optimistic person,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think the whole thing hit me until three or four weeks later. It was kind of surreal to know what the consequences could have been.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a few months before his heart attack, Jim had retired from 24 years of work in management roles at the Rogue Brewery in Newport. At 65, he was looking forward to enjoying retirement. Jim and Amy went on a trip to the United Kingdom for a month, and they planned a variety of trips abroad and activities closer to home. He was excited to be able to work on his property without having to fit projects into the weekend. He focused on maintaining good health \u2014 eating right and exercising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the heart attack, he is even more committed to staying healthy. He worked out three days a week before, and now he goes to the gym five days a week. He is more careful about meal choices.\u201cI have not cut anything out,\u201d he said.\u201cI moderate a lot more than I used to. Less red meat, more whole grains,more chicken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether he is removing trees from his property to expand his gardens,spending time with his daughter and grandson, or going to a family reunion with Amy, Jim wants to be in good health and up to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to be able to spend time with my wife and travel with her,\u201d Jim said. \u201cI worked a lot for a lot of years. We will have been married 40 years in September. I owe her what time I have left.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Heart Attack Warning Signs Aren\u2019t the Same for Everyone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not all symptoms present in all cases, but the quicker someone recognizes a heart attack and gets help, the better the chances for recovery. A heart attack does the most damage in the first two hours. Call 911 right away if you think you are having a heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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