Timeliness for Intervention for Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

Improving the long-term outcome of the cardiac patient presenting to the emergency department with myocardial infarction was an undertaking that the Cardiovascular Services CPI Team of Dominican Hospital chose as a key initiative in 1995. Through selective planning, and the collaborative efforts of physicians and staff of the emergency department and cardiovascular services, we have successfully streamlined the transport time of the patient from the initial emergency department presentation to cardiac catheterization laboratory delivery to an average of approximately 58 minutes.