Heart Attack
St. Joseph's Healthcare System Becomes First Hospital in the Region to Implement Pre-Hospital Therapeutic Cooling to Save the Lives of Cardiac Arrest Patients
Published in Health Business Week, May 1st, 2009
An estimated 1,000 lives could be saved each year if heart attack patients received faster emergency care during and immediately after a heart attack. Recognizing that each minute lost could mean the difference between saving a life ... and losing it, Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) first responders from St. Joseph's Healthcare System have begun implementing therapeutic cooling in the pre-hospital setting, thereby making St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center this region's first hospital to perform the life-saving measure in the field.
"We are setting a trend in critical care," explained Mark Rosenberg, DO, Chairman, Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical...
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Source: Health Business Week (2009-05-01)
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