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Perspectives on Inter-Hospital AMI Care: Timing & Documentation at the New Brunswick Heart Centre

Perspectives on Inter-Hospital AMI Care: Timing & Documentation at the New Brunswick Heart Centre. Cleo Cyr RN, BN, MHS Saint John, NB. Who We Are:. Provincial referral centre for tertiary cardiac care in New Brunswick and surrounding areas.

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Perspectives on Inter-Hospital AMI Care: Timing & Documentation at the New Brunswick Heart Centre

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  1. Perspectives on Inter-Hospital AMI Care: Timing & Documentation atthe New Brunswick Heart Centre Cleo Cyr RN, BN, MHS Saint John, NB

  2. Who We Are: • Provincial referral centre for tertiary cardiac care in New Brunswick and surrounding areas. • Services include cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, heart function clinic and cardiac rehab • Population served approx.750,000 • 4700 – 5000 patients per year

  3. ACS Multi-department Tool • Joined SHN Sept 2005/Retrospective Analysis • Team developed multi-department tool AMI Tool • Issues included discrepancies in arrival times, ECG times, time to physician assessment, time to cardiology consult.

  4. *Components of care not at Safer Health Care Now! goals on Retrospective Baseline Analysis. ** Not applicable

  5. Tests of Change • Multiple cycles with AMI Tool development and implementation • Multi-disciplinary Staff Buy – in

  6. Safer Health Care Now! Improving AMI Care SJRH STEMI: Time to 1st ECG in Minutes March 2006 – February 2007 (Avg 7.4 min n=90)

  7. Time to Charted Physician Assessment (ED) in minutes for STEMI Pts. March 2006 – February 2007 (Avg 8.7 min n=90)

  8. Change Ideas • Spread • Long Term goal for inclusion of data in daily charting D/C medsD/C ChecklistKnow Your Targets • More info NBHC Newsbeat

  9. Questions? Thank you! Contact Information: Name: Cleo Cyr Address: PO Box 2100 NB Heart Centre. Saint John, NB E2L 4L2 Phone/email: 506-648-6201 cyrcl@reg2.health.nb.ca

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