St. Elizabeth's Hospital issued the following announcement on July 3.
HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, as member of the Prairie Chest Pain Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline® Bronze Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the deadliest type of heart attack, caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to restore blood flow as quickly as possible, either by mechanically opening the blocked vessel or by providing clot-busting medication.
The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline program’s goal is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks, beginning with the 9-1-1 call, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. The initiative provides tools, training and other resources to support heart attack care following protocols from the most recent evidence-based treatment guidelines.
St. Elizabeth’s earned the award by meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for quick and appropriate treatment through emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries in heart attack patients coming into the hospital directly or by transfer from another facility.
“St. Elizabeth’s and the physicians of Prairie Heart and Vascular Institute are dedicated to providing optimal care for heart attack patients through the Prairie STAT Heart program,” said Kristin Doster, Executive Vice President of Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois. “Our clinical colleagues and providers are honored to be recognized for our dedication and achievements in cardiac care through Mission: Lifeline.”
Prairie Cardiovascular initiated the development of the Prairie STAT Heart Program in August 2004 under the direction of Dr. Frank Aguirre and Dr. Frank Mikel. The Prairie STAT Heart Program was one of the first in the country to focus on streamlining emergency care to meet the national goal of providing angioplasty (a non-surgical procedure to treat diseased arteries) within 90 to 120 minutes from a patient’s arrival at the community hospital (often referred to as the door-to-balloon time).
“We commend the Prairie Chest Pain Network at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for this award in recognition for following evidence-based guidelines for timely heart attack treatment,” said Tim Henry, M.D., Chair of the Mission: Lifeline Acute Coronary Syndrome Subcommittee. “We applaud the significant institutional commitment to their critical role in the system of care for quickly and appropriately treating heart attack patients.”
For more information on heart health and available cardiac services, visit www.steliz.org or www.thedoctorsofprairie.org.
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Source: St. Elizabeth's Hospital
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