From Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services:
Missouri’s Goal: To improve health outcomes by expanding the time-critical diagnosis (TCD) system that addresses trauma to include care for Missourians who experience a stroke or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Problem: When a Missouri resident suffers a stroke or STEMI (a potentially fatal type of heart attack), their survival and recovery directly depends on the time it takes for them to receive definitive treatment. There are many variables that impact treatment and care. Missouri has begun to improve its statewide system to assure the right care, at the right place in the right time for those who suffer a stroke or STEMI.
Approach: Emergency medical care providers recently invested extensive time and effort to craft recommendations to establish a functional TCD system in Missouri to improve the transport, diagnosis and treatment for stroke and STEMI patients. The TCD system integrates these two time critical diagnoses with the established trauma care model.
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