Mission: Lifeline

Every year, almost 400,000 people experience ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
-- the deadliest type of heart attack. Unfortunately, a significant number don't receive prompt reperfusion therapy, which is critical in restoring blood flow. Worse yet, 30 percent of STEMI victims don't receive reperfusion treatment at all.

Mission: Lifeline™ seeks to save lives by closing the gaps that separate STEMI patients from timely access to appropriate treatments.

Although Mission: Lifeline is focusing on improving the system of care for the nearly 400,000 patients who suffer from a STEMI each year, improving that system will ultimately improve care for all heart attack patients.

The Mission: Lifeline Summary Table provides an easy reference tool that helps disseminate each STEMI system component. The table identifies each component definition, ideal strategy, resources, metrics and preliminary criteria.

See Mission: Lifeline’s vision in motion.

STEMI systems make a difference.

Learn traits of the ideal STEMI system.

Breaking News: 2009 Focused Update for Management of STEMI Patients recommends Mission: Lifeline tools. More details

November 2009: Dr. Craig Clark from Iowa Health explain what STEMI is and why heart attack victims need to know about it. More details

October 2009: Mission: Lifeline launches its Hospital Recognition Program for STEMI Referral and STEMI- Receiving Centers. More details

September 2009: In September, Mission: Lifeline and ECC launched the Mission: Lifeline Provider Recognition Program. More details

August 2009: Within the Get With the Guidelines program, door to balloon times decreased significantly over time. More details

American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline - A Call to Arms for Emergency Medicine

ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Clinical Performance Measures: Promise for Progress

Mission: Lifeline Summary Presentations

Mission: Lifeline Powerpoint (Blue)

Mission: Lifeline Powerpoint (White)

Past Customer Webinars

Mission: Lifeline Hospital Recognition Webinar

Provider Recognition Webinar

System Certification Webinar

Wang, Tracy. et al. "The Dissociation Between Door-to-Balloon Time Improvement and Improvements in Other Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Processes and Patient Outcomes." Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1411-1419. Read article (subscription needed)

Eckstein, Marc. et al. "Impact of Paramedic Transport With Prehospital 12-Lead Electrocardiogram on Door-to-Balloon Times for Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction." Prehospital Emergency Care. 2009;Volume 13, 2: 203 - 206. Read article

Rokos, Ivan C., et. al. "Integration of Pre-Hospital Electrocariograms and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Receiving Center (SRC) Networks: Impact on Door-to-Balloon Times Across 10 Independent Regions" J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2009; 2: 339-346 Read article

Heart Disease and Stroke. You're the Cure.
You don't have to be a doctor to save lives -- just an advocate with the American Heart Association and its American Stroke Association division.

Heart Hub for Patients and Physicians
Access the premier online cardiovascular and stroke information center for patients, caregivers and physicians.

Professional Education Center
Claim CME/CE credit and register for Web-based courses and live workshops... all in one place.

Get With The Guidelines
Become a champion of change to improve quality patient care in your facility.

USA Today Mortality Data Map

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