Utica area Cardiac Services

Mohawk Valley Health System has centralized all invasive Cardiac Services to the St. Elizabeth Campus.  Effective August 1, 2015 the Faxton St. Luke’s Campus will no longer perform angioplasty and cardiac catherizations.  Patients presenting with ST elevation MI’s need to be transported to a hospital capable of providing invasive cardiac services.  The Midstate REMAC has issued the following REMAC Advisory

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NUMBER

15-01

DATE

7/2015

SUBJECT

STEMI

   

PURPOSE

To provide rapid access to a Cardiac Catherization Laboratory for Patients suspected of having a STEMI.

BACKGROUND

As of Aug. 1, 2015 the Mohawk Valley Health System has closed the Cardiac Catherization Laboratory at the St Luke’s Campus..

LIMITATIONS

Suspected Cardiac Patients presenting with a 12 lead EKG showing ST elevation of at least 1mm in two contiguous leads must be transported to a hospital with Cardiac Catherization capabilities.

EXPECTATIONS

A complete phone report along with a 12 lead EKG should be transmitted to the receiving hospital prior to arrival.

EXCEPTIONS

Pt in cardiac arrest

Pt with an unmanageable airway

Under Medical Control

Midstate Adult Protocols

Acute Coronary Syndrome