{"id":1904,"date":"2012-04-24T18:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T18:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2012-05-18T19:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:22:22","slug":"kudos-from-the-cath-lab-volume-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/kudos-from-the-cath-lab-volume-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos from the Cath Lab: Volume 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_856\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-856\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-856  \" title=\"Kudos from the Cath Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Aetna-Wallpaper-1-300x199.png\" alt=\"Kudos from the Cath Lab\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Aetna-Wallpaper-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Aetna-Wallpaper-1-451x300.png 451w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Aetna-Wallpaper-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kudos from the Cath Lab<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Content that follows is excerpted from an email from the Hartford Hospital cardiac team&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Great job everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I though you would like to know that today&#8217;s STEMI times were as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Door to Balloon Time &#8211; 36 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EMS to Balloon time &#8211; 69 minutes<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The system-organized response was initiated in the field (town withheld) where the pre-hospital ECG was transmitted by <strong>AETNA Ambulance<\/strong> to the Hartford Hospital Emergency Department and then forwarded to the Cath Lab (Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory).\u00a0Many should be congratulated, in particular:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Drs. McKay and Almahasnen and the Cath Lab team (A. Almeida, R. Fisher, E. Letoutneau)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drs. Smally, Sullivan and the ED team (C. Urso, A. Mugovero)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last but not least, the AETNA Paramedics Ashley Harkins and Preston Ryzak for timely ECG interpretation and transmission.<!--more--><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Respectfully,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marcin Dada,\u00a0MD, Associate Director of the Chest Pain Center<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cardiology Administration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1910\" title=\"Aetna Ambulance Transmits 12 lead EKG\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12-lead-EKG.png\" alt=\"Aetna Ambulance Transmits 12 lead EKG\" width=\"685\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12-lead-EKG.png 685w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12-lead-EKG-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12-lead-EKG-500x201.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/>Infarct-related artery: Proximal LAD 100% occlusion &#8211;&gt; 1X DES &#8211;&gt; TIMI 3 Flow restored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1916\" title=\"Aetna Ambulance STEMI Transmission LAD Occlusion\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAD-Occlusion.png\" alt=\"Aetna Ambulance STEMI Transmission LAD Occlusion\" width=\"700\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAD-Occlusion.png 700w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAD-Occlusion-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LAD-Occlusion-500x289.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: This post conforms with ASM and Aetna&#8217;s HIPAA Policies and Procedures regarding patient confidentiality. 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