North Dakota Mission: Lifeline Results Published and Presented at National Conferences

The North Dakota Mission: Lifeline project was selected to present at two national conferences in June, 2014.

“Statewide Collaboration in Rural STEMI System Development in Resource Limited Environments- Where You Live Shouldn't Determine If You Live: North Dakota Mission: Lifeline” with authors, Thomas Haldis, DO, Jeffrey Sather, MD, Karthik Reddy, MD, Robert Oatfield, MD, Yassar Almanaseer, MD, Rabeea Aboufakher, MD, Mindy Cook RN BSN, Pamela Moe, RN BA  was published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and poster presentation at QCOR.  

Mission: Lifeline is a strategic initiative to save lives and reduce disability by improving emergency readiness and response to heart attack patients. Heart disease is the number one killer in North Dakota and nationally.  A statewide initiative was implemented for pre-hospital recognition, education, triage, and treatment of STEMI patients to the most appropriate reperfusion strategy.  Results released in the abstract had marked improvements in several measures in ND aggregate data from Quarter 3 2012 to Quarter 3 2013.

• The ND Mission: Lifeline composite score 93% (557/ 596) to 97% (471/482)
• 1ST EKG obtained Pre-hospital 46% (56/122) to 76% (92/121)
• ED Arrival to First In-Hosp ECG % within 10 minutes 66.% (81/122) to 84% (103/122)
• Arrival to Primary PCI <= 90 min. from 86% (32/37) to 100% (43/43)

To read more on this presentation, CLICK HERE.  

A poster presentation at the Society for Chest Pain Conference titled: "Improving Rural STEMI Care through Multi-State Sharing and Collaboration" was authored by: Jeffrey Sather, MD Trinity Health, Tomasz Stys, MD Sanford Health, Richard Mullvain, RPH, BCPS Essentia Health, Gary Myers, MS, NREMT, Mindy Cook, RN, BSN, Pam Moe, RN, CPHQ, Michelle Gardner, MBA, American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate.  To view this presentation, CLICK HERE.