Project #65: Reducing Door to Balloon Time in STEMI: Celebrating the EMS, ED and Cardiology QI Collaboration

Authors

Satheesh Gunaga, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Kristina M. Cross, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Timothy Manning, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Kerri Myshok, Henry Ford Health
Toni Silas, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Christian Fisher, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Mustafa Hashem, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Diane Fidler, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Elizabeth F. Ashley, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Elizabeth Plemmons, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Brooke M. Buckley, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Kim M. Meeker, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Jennifer Eslinger, Henry Ford Health

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Description

Project Aim: To employ a multidisciplinary approach, engaging local emergency medical services (EMS), emergency department (ED), and cardiology teams to assure that STEMI patients in our community receive prompt, equitable, consistent, safe, and high-quality revascularization of their coronary arteries; and to deploy a variety of educational, operational and feedback tools to initiatve early prehospital EKG transmission and Cath lab activation for patients in our community suffering from ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Publication Date

9-6-2023

Recommended Citation

Gunaga, Satheesh; Cross, Kristina M.; Manning, Timothy; Myshok, Kerri; Silas, Toni; Fisher, Christian; Hashem, Mustafa; Fidler, Diane; Ashley, Elizabeth F.; Plemmons, Elizabeth; Buckley, Brooke M.; Meeker, Kim M.; and Eslinger, Jennifer, "Project #65: Reducing Door to Balloon Time in STEMI: Celebrating the EMS, ED and Cardiology QI Collaboration" (2023). Quality Expo 2023. 8.
https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/qualityexpo2023/8