ED slashes treatment time for heart attack drugs.
A New Jersey hospital cut its time for thrombolytic treatment for heart attack patients from 61 minutes to less than 25 minutes. Improvements included a one-page time-to-treatment assessment tool and a five-minute protocol for walk-in patients. Emergency department leaders suggest focusing on clinical processes to get medical staff buy-in.
D019985:Benchmarking; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009515:New Jersey; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D017748:Time Management; D014850:Waiting Lists
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents