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"Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, Erin Murphy moved to Birmingham
in 2017 to finish her bachelor’s degree at UAB.
After four years as an inpatient nurse at UAB, Erin was
offered a job as an inpatient charge nurse on the Adult Psychiatric Unit at
Shelby Baptist Hospital in Alabaster.
Last June, Erin was making her rounds on the unit when she
started getting shooting pains down her left arm and shortness of breath.
She told her manager, who then called rapid response.
Erin was taken to the Emergency Department, and a few hours
later, doctors said that her troponin was elevated.
Troponin is an enzyme in the heart that plays a vital role
in muscle contraction, so elevated troponin levels indicate damage to the heart
muscle.
Cardiologists discovered that Erin had a Spontaneous
Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), which is a condition where a tear occurs in
the wall of the coronary artery, causing blood to accumulate between the layers
of the artery wall, leading to a heart attack.
Through this scary and uncertain time, Erin praised her
doctors at Shelby Baptist for making her feel at ease.
“Dr. Bender took amazing care of me, and her care did not
end when I was discharged from the ICU. She helped me get a SCAD specialist,
wrote me referrals and she’s just been incredible.”
Now, nearly one year later, Erin is raising awareness for
SCAD and heart health.
Did you know that SCAD is the number one cause of heart
attack in women under 50?"
Read more about Erin’s advice about protecting your heart.
https://bhamnow.com/2025/03/20/local-nurse-survived-heart-attack-tells-her-story/
Donna
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