The leader in total heart care for South Central Indiana.

Like many women, Anita is a busy 45-year-old mom with two young daughters and lives in Columbus, Indiana. Anita felt a sudden, severe pain in her face one afternoon. She dismissed her discomfort as a sinus headache. However, within a few minutes, she began to feel tightness and pressure in her chest. Soon, she was so fatigued and short of breath that she had to lie down. Anita didn't realize she was having a heart attack—until the ambulance arrived and a paramedic told her, "I don't want to scare you, but I think you're having a heart attack." That's when she told the paramedics, "Take me to St. Francis Hospital." It was the right choice.

St. Francis revolutionizes the speed of heart attack care in South Central Indiana and beyond through our innovative Emergency Heart Attack Response Team (EHART®) protocol. Anita received life-saving treatment from our nationally recognized heart attack team within just 29 minutes after her helicopter landed. "I kept saying, don't let me die, I have to be there for my girls," she remembers. "I knew I could trust St. Francis with my life."

As the only hospital in South Central Indiana to offer total heart care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, St. Francis has become a model in comprehensive heart care. Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack and find out what questions to ask yourself before selecting a heart hospital.

Remember, women may have different symptoms of heart disease than men, which can make evaluation and treatment more challenging. Find out if you're at risk for heart disease. Request your FREE Heart Screening and Fast Food Nutrition Guide.

Register for our educational Change of Heart and Ask the Doc classes. Also, take a moment to listen to stories from people just like you who have had life-changing experiences at St. Francis. And when you need heart care, trust your heart to the leader in total heart care for South Central Indiana.