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Reducing Door-To-Balloon Time In Stemi Via Er Nurse Driven Protocol, Torrie Clontz
Reducing Door-To-Balloon Time In Stemi Via Er Nurse Driven Protocol, Torrie Clontz
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Over 605,000 patients will suffer an ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction in the United States each year. The gold-standard definitive treatment for this is percutaneous coronary angioplasty or the ballooning open and stenting of the blockage. The American Heart Association has set the evidence-based gold standard of 90-minutes from identification of blockage to reperfusion of heart muscle. In a health system in Las Vegas, NV, this goal is frequently missed due to lack of protocols in place to expedite patients towards definitive treatment. The purpose of this evidence-based practice change is to reduce STEMI patient morbidity and mortality via a nursing …