By Bill Carey
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ROCHESTER, Minn. 鈥� Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine Professor Dr. Matthew Sztajnkrycer suffered a heart attack on Memorial Day after ignoring symptoms.
Sztajnkrycer鈥檚 wife, Andrea, called 911 and in a rare moment, the two paramedics who responded to the call were Sztajnkrycer鈥檚 former students, reported.
鈥溾�楧oc Matt,鈥� I said, 鈥業 know that you want to help with all of this, but know it鈥檚 time for you to be a patient,鈥欌�� Paramedic Manny Quinones said. 鈥淭his is the biggest opportunity for you to critique what you have been teaching us.鈥�
鈥淲hen you are really worried you are dying, seeing those familiar faces, that was the first time I knew I was going to be okay,鈥� Sztajnkrycer said.
Sztajnkrycer鈥檚 wife recorded the former paramedic students saving the life of their teacher.
鈥淚 just kind of knew he was going to want to see pictures of what was going on,鈥� she said.
鈥淲hile we were transporting him, he asked me if the pads were on him,鈥� Paramedic Justin Carroll said. 鈥淭hat, to me was like, 鈥極h boy鈥�, he as a patient can feel this is bad.鈥�
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Sztajnkrycer recovered after heart surgery and used his experience to remind others not to ignore warning signs or underestimate their symptoms.
