Emergency Heart Care (Code STEMI)
Taking care of patients who are having a heart attack comes down to one thing – “Time is muscle.” The entire team from the EMS, to the Emergency Department, to the cardiac catheterization lab, everyone is focused on the time that is the heart muscle in need during a heart attack.
As Longview’s first accredited Chest Pain Center, Good Shepherd Medical Center seeks to minimize the time to diagnosis and treatment of heart attack. Good Shepherd’s performance in key clinical care exceeds national benchmarks.