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Follow on Google News | Hoag Hospital Irvine Awarded Designation To Receive High-Risk Heart PatientsThe CVRC status means that Hoag Hospital Irvine now is one of only 13 hospitals in Orange County, including Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which can directly receive patients via ambulance who are suffering a heart attack and need immediate attention.
By: Cornerstone Communications Hoag Hospital Irvine’ “This is something we’ve been working toward since we opened Hoag Hospital Irvine in September 2010, and is something the Irvine community has wanted,” The CVRC status means that Hoag Hospital Irvine now is one of only 13 hospitals in Orange County, including Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which can directly receive patients via ambulance who are suffering a heart attack and need immediate attention. Prior to July 1, such patients in the Irvine area had to be routed by paramedics to other hospitals farther away with the CVRC designation. The status of CVRC is re-evaluated every one to two years, and is awarded by the Orange County Emergency Medical Services (OCEMS) following an exhaustive site survey and review of an application and supporting documents. Hoag Hospital Irvine’ Hospitals with CVRC status must meet a variety of standards of care for patients suffering life-threatening heart attacks, as designated by the American Heart Association and other agencies such as OCEMS, whose mission is to appropriately and efficiently respond to emergencies throughout the county. Because time is of the essence when serious heart events occur, Cardiac Receiving Centers must have an emergency department, cardiac cath lab, cardiologists on staff and a cardiovascular surgeon who work together as a team to help preserve a patient’ Teams at CVRC-designated hospitals must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help patients who are in the throes of high-risk heart attacks known as STEMI, which stands for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. ST elevations refer to abnormal findings on an electrocardiogram. Patients taken to a CVRC-designated hospital such as Hoag Hospital Irvine are rapidly assessed and triaged, and depending on the patient’ As a reminder to the community, anyone having chest pains or other warning signs of a heart attack should immediately call 911. Emergency medical services (EMS) staff can begin treatment when they reach you, are trained to revive someone whose heart has stopped and can transport you more quickly to receive hospital care. Hoag Hospital Irvine is an extension of Hoag’s services in Newport Beach and its seven Hoag Health Centers throughout Orange County. Located at 16200 Sand Canyon Ave., at Alton Parkway just off the 405 freeway, the hospital provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. Hoag Heart & Vascular Institute also recently received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that the organization has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients according to the guidelines of care recommended by the American Heart Association/ For more information, visit www.hoag.org or call 949-764-HOAG. About Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute is Orange County’ About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 30,000 inpatients and 350,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals, seven health centers, and five urgent care centers. Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which has served Orange County since 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010, are designated Magnet hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer (http://www.hoag.org/ End
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