CWFD Nationally Recognized for Quality Care for Heart Attacks and Strokes

 

This is the whole problem in stroke enumerated in one word; 'care'; NOT RECOVERY!

If your hospital is touting 'care' it means they are a failure because they are delivering 'care'; NOT RECOVERY! I would never go to a failed hospital!

YOU have to get involved and change this failure mindset of 'care' to 100% RECOVERY! Survivors want RECOVERY, NOT 'CARE'!

I see nothing here that states going for 100% recovery! You need to create EXACT PROTOCOLS FOR THAT!

ASK SURVIVORS WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'LL NEVER RESPOND 'CARE'! This tyranny of low expectations has to be completely rooted out of any stroke conversation! I wouldn't go there because of such incompetency as not having 100% recovery protocols!

RECOVERY IS THE ONLY GOAL IN STROKE! 

GET THERE!'

CWFD Nationally Recognized for Quality Care for Heart Attacks and Strokes

Camas, WA – The Camas-Washougal Fire Department has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS SilverAchievement award for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care(NOT RECOVERY!) to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks and strokes, ultimately saving lives.

This award recognizes CWFD’s excellent care(NOT RECOVERY!) for STEMI and Stroke patients through seven metrics measured in the 2024 calendar year. The metrics are listed below with the CWFD’s percentage listed in bold.

Mission: Lifeline EMS Award Stats:(Nothing measuring recovery! Survivors want recovery NOT  'care'!)

• American Heart Association EMS1: Pre-arrival notification for suspected stroke – 100%
• American Heart Association EMS2: Documentation of last known well for patients with suspected stroke – 99.25%
• American Heart Association EMS3: Evaluation of blood glucose for patients with suspected stroke – 90%
• American Heart Association EMS4: Stroke Screen Performed and Documented – 100%
• American Heart Association EMS5: 12-lead ECG performed within 10 minutes for suspected heart attack – 77.5%
• American Heart Association EMS6: Aspirin administration for STEMI-positive ECG – 100%
• American Heart Association EMS7: Pre-arrival notification ≤ 10 minutes for STEMI positive ECG – 100%

“This recent award is a testament to our team’s commitment to providing the highest level of care(NOT RECOVERY!) to those we serve,” said CWFD EMS Division Chief, Shaun Ford. “I’m thankful for the dedication our First Responders bring every day, and I know the public is too.”

Silver was the highest-level award CWFD could receive this year, as this was their first year submitting the data. If the CWFD can maintain this level of care(NOT RECOVERY!), next year they will be eligible for a Gold award.

Mission: Lifeline EMS® is the American Heart Association’s national initiative to advance the system of care(NOT RECOVERY!) for patients with high-risk, time-sensitive disease states, such as severe heart attacks and strokes. The program helps reduce barriers to prompt treatment — starting from when 911 is called, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. Optimal care(NOT RECOVERY!) for heart attack and stroke patients takes coordination between the individual prehospital providers and healthcare systems.

About Mission: Lifeline

Mission: Lifeline EMS® recognition is the American Heart Association’s program that recognizes prehospital emergency agencies for their quality of care(NOT RECOVERY!) for heart attack and stroke patients. The recognition program focuses on transforming care(NOT RECOVERY!) quality by connecting all heart attack and stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) components into a seamlessly integrated care(NOT RECOVERY!) system. Key tenets of these systems of care(NOT RECOVERY!) reinforce evidence-based guidelines and measure performance, identify gaps, and engage in quality improvement.