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Kinsie Clarkson: Sep 09, 2020
With state-of-the-art facilities and well-trained caregivers, St. Bernards’ cardiac teams were already achieving door-to-balloon (DTB) times well within the recommended guidelines for STEMI response....
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Kinsie Clarkson: Jun 12, 2020
Longview Regional Medical Center (LRMC) has long had a well-designed and fully functioning process for identifying and rapidly treating STEMI patients. The hospital was meeting its goal of keeping...
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Kinsie Clarkson: May 08, 2020
Since COVID-19 began spreading in the United States in March, emergency departments have seen a sharp decrease in the number of STEMI and stroke patients coming through their doors. For almost two...
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Hannah Ostrem: Mar 06, 2020
Saint Mary’s Regional Health System is a Joint-Commission-accredited Level III Trauma Center, located in Russellville, Arkansas. The 170-bed hospital has delivered care to the River Valley community...
Team Pulsara: Mar 02, 2020
Because time is muscle during a STEMI, early intervention directly translates to lowering mortality and morbidity rates. At CarolinaEast and surrounding EMS agencies, making the appropriate...
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Hannah Ostrem: Jan 23, 2020
In emergency conditions like STEMI, patient outcomes depend heavily on the time between onset of symptoms to definitive treatment. As such, clinicians should make every effort possible to reduce any...
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Mic Gunderson: Dec 20, 2019
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was first published on EMS1.com. Special thanks to guest author, Mic Gunderson* In the coming decade, EMS will be engaged in even more efforts to triage patients...
