Cape hospital a leader in heart attack care | |
Free Online Advertising Free Internet Web Site Advertising. UK Free Classifieds United Kingdom Free Ads Website. 100% Free Ad Posting. Canada Free Ads Popular Online Classifieds in Canada. No Sign up, No Email Required to Post. It was nice to read some good news for a change in your online article on the nationwide reduction in time between the arrival of a heart attack patient at a hospital and the insertion of a balloon stent, increasing chances of survival (“US hospitals set record for fast heart attack care,” capecodonline.com, July 31). However, you missed a chance to show that our local health care system is far ahead of most of the rest of the country. Nearly 10 years ago, Dr. Richard Zelman and his team, with the cooperation of other departments at Cape Cod Hospital, reduced the so-called “door to balloon” time to an unheard-of 60 minutes or less. Instead of waiting for the heart attack patient to be seen by an emergency room physician, then for a cardiologist to confirm the problem and for cardiac lab folks to arrive, he persuaded all the Cape towns to install updated electrocardiogram and fax machines in their ambulances, taught all emergency medical services personnel to read EKGs and gave them permission to call in cardiac lab personnel while the ambulance was still on the way to the hospital. | |
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| Target State: Massachusetts Target City : Hyannis, MA Last Update : Nov 21, 2024 3:00 AM Number of Views: 22 | Item Owner : Dr. Richard Zelman Contact Email: Contact Phone: (None) |
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