Emergency Heart Care at John C. Lincoln Hospitals
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John C. Lincoln Hospitals have been recognized by experts for their excellence in emergency care for patients who experience chest pain or cardiac arrest.
Because heart disease is the nation's #1 killer — of men and women alike — our hospitals have sought and received accreditation as Chest Pain Centers with PCI and Cardiac Arrest Centers.
John C. Lincoln's Chest Pain Centers
Video: Learn about the signs of heart attack and how you can trust John C. Lincoln for emergency heart care.
John C. Lincoln Hospitals are among a select few in Arizona to have Chest Pain Center with PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as angioplasty) accreditation from the international Society of Chest Pain Centers. This is the highest national accreditation possible for emergency cardiac care.
Research shows that heart attack patients at an accredited Chest Pain Center are more likely to have better care, survive, recover and go home quickly.
Our focus on advanced care for heart patients ensures we consistently perform better than the 90-minute "door-to-balloon" national standard. According to this window of time, patients who enter the emergency room with heart attack symptoms should be given angioplasty, when appropriate, within 90 minutes of arrival.
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John C. Lincoln's Cardiac Arrest Centers
Both our hospitals are certified Cardiac Arrest Centers, a designation awarded by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Deer Valley Medical Imaging director and patient Judy Tucker, RT (R)(CV); Tri Nguyen, MD; and Bill Lester, RT (R), RCIS demonstrate the technology in the Cardiac Cath Lab.
Cardiac Arrest Certified Centers provide specialized care that increases survival rates. One example is induction of mild hypothermia in qualified patients during the first hours after cardiac arrest. The therapy not only aids patient survival, but also aims to assist and enhance neurological recovery, so that our patients are able to resume normal daily functioning after life-saving treatment.
Cardiac arrest centers developed because more than 50 percent of cardiac arrest patients resuscitated in the field did not survive to hospital discharge.
Since the state launched its Cardiac Arrest Center credentialing program, cardiac arrest survival rates in Arizona have improved by about 68 percent. Arizona Department of Health Services is now urging all Arizona hospitals to become Cardiac Arrest Certified Centers.
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