Improvements are made at the Linton Hospital
The Linton Hospital operates a 14-bed critical access hospital and three clinics, the Linton Medical Center, the Hazelton Clinic and the Campbell County Clinic, Herreid, S.D.
Their mission is to enhance the health, well-being and quality of life of the people they serve. In reaching that mission, the Linton Hospital has made many improvements in 2012 and will continue to do that in order to provide top quality care for their patients, according to CEO/Administrator Robert Black.
In October, the Emmons County Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance received what is known as Mission: Lifeline equipment. The Midwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association secured $7.1 million in funding to implement Mission: Lifeline, a community-based initiative aimed at improving the system of care for heart attack patients throughout North Dakota.
The three-year initiative was launched in September of 2011 with the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as the lead funder. The state legislature provided $600,000 of matching funding for the project.
A Mission: Lifeline funding grant was made available to every hospital and ambulance service in North Dakota. It is a strategic initiative to save lives and reduce disabilities by improving readiness and response to all heart attack patients while focusing on ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs).
A STEMI is caused by the sudden, total blockage of a coronary artery. Unless the blockage is eliminated quickly, the patient’s health and life are at serious risk.
Prior to receiving this equipment in North Dakota, approximately two-thirds of STEMI patients did not receive the best available treatments to restore blood flow.
Ambulance Squad Leader Nolan Anderson said this equipment enhances the Emmons County ALS Ambulance capability by having the ability to transmit a patient’s 12-lead heart rhythm to not only the Linton Hospital but to any hospital with the capabilities of placing stents or cardiac bypasses.
“It gives the paramedics an extra set of eyes and a vast pool of knowledge for guidance for the very best treatments for heart attack victims,” Anderson said.
When a patient has a heart attack, the speed of response is critical. Within a few short minutes, patients have dangerous heart rhythms and can die. Muscle damage and the chances of future complications, such as congestive heart failure or shortness of breath, are reduced the earlier the artery is opened.
North Dakota ranks among the top 10 states with the highest STEMI death rate. Black and Anderson said they are confident the equipment will lead to better care for heart attack victims and patients in the area served.
Their mission is to enhance the health, well-being and quality of life of the people they serve. In reaching that mission, the Linton Hospital has made many improvements in 2012 and will continue to do that in order to provide top quality care for their patients, according to CEO/Administrator Robert Black.
In October, the Emmons County Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance received what is known as Mission: Lifeline equipment. The Midwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association secured $7.1 million in funding to implement Mission: Lifeline, a community-based initiative aimed at improving the system of care for heart attack patients throughout North Dakota.
The three-year initiative was launched in September of 2011 with the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as the lead funder. The state legislature provided $600,000 of matching funding for the project.
A Mission: Lifeline funding grant was made available to every hospital and ambulance service in North Dakota. It is a strategic initiative to save lives and reduce disabilities by improving readiness and response to all heart attack patients while focusing on ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs).
A STEMI is caused by the sudden, total blockage of a coronary artery. Unless the blockage is eliminated quickly, the patient’s health and life are at serious risk.
Prior to receiving this equipment in North Dakota, approximately two-thirds of STEMI patients did not receive the best available treatments to restore blood flow.
Ambulance Squad Leader Nolan Anderson said this equipment enhances the Emmons County ALS Ambulance capability by having the ability to transmit a patient’s 12-lead heart rhythm to not only the Linton Hospital but to any hospital with the capabilities of placing stents or cardiac bypasses.
“It gives the paramedics an extra set of eyes and a vast pool of knowledge for guidance for the very best treatments for heart attack victims,” Anderson said.
When a patient has a heart attack, the speed of response is critical. Within a few short minutes, patients have dangerous heart rhythms and can die. Muscle damage and the chances of future complications, such as congestive heart failure or shortness of breath, are reduced the earlier the artery is opened.
North Dakota ranks among the top 10 states with the highest STEMI death rate. Black and Anderson said they are confident the equipment will lead to better care for heart attack victims and patients in the area served.