St. Luke's Honored with 2 Mission: Lifeline Awards - 2019 Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Plus Receiving & NSTEMI Gold Awards
Posted on Jul 1, 2019
By St. Luke's, Duluth
St. Luke’s is proud to announce it has earned the American Heart
Association’s (AHA) 2019 Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Gold Plus
Receiving Award and NSTEMI Gold Award.
St. Luke’s earned the awards for its commitment and success in implementing
specific quality improvement measures outlined by the AHA for the treatment
of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
“It is an unfortunate reality that people experience heart attack
every day,” Dr. Scott Mikesell, director of St. Luke’s Cardiac
Cath Labs and co-chair of Mission: Lifeline Minnesota said. “Our
singular focus is to deliver the highest standard of care so our patients
can go back home to their loved ones and enjoy living a better quality
of life. Following the guidelines set by Mission: Lifeline allows us to
strive for excellence and make that happen.”
Each year in the United States, more than 250,000 people have a STEMI,
or ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. It is the deadliest type
of heart attack and is caused by a complete blockage of blood flow to
the heart. To prevent death, it’s critical to immediately restore
blood flow, either by surgically opening the blocked vessel or by giving
clot-busting medication. The AHA’s Mission: Lifeline program’s
goal is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks,
beginning with the 9-1-1 call and continuing through hospital treatment.
To further enhance cardiac care, St. Luke’s is creating a new space
for its Cardiac Cath Labs as part of its campus expansion project. The
new Cath Labs will offer cutting-edge technology for patients and world-class
imaging capabilities. There’s also going to be a recovery area,
allowing the team to continue caring for patients within the space immediately
following a procedure. More importantly though, it will be right next
to St. Luke’s new Emergency Department and helistop. That will mean
saving precious time and treating patients faster than ever before. The
new Cath Labs are scheduled to open in July of 2020.
BELOW: Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Gold Plus Receiving Award and NSTEMI
Gold Award