Northwest Medical Center-Springdale has recently been accredited as a Cycle 6 Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention). The rating is given by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC), the accreditation arm of the American College of Cardiology.
“Providing the highest quality of services for patients in need of heart care is a primary focus of our hospital,” said Hans Driessnack, CEO of Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. “Our team here works hard to deliver evidenced-based care as quickly as possible to patients with chest pain, patients having a heart attack needing treatment in the Cardiac Cath Lab, those requiring surgery, and to those recovering from a cardiac arrest through cardiac rehab. This national recognition validates our continued commitment.”
An Accredited Chest Pain Center’s (CPC) evidence-based, protocol-driven and systematic approach to cardiac patient care allows clinicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack. Accredited facilities have been shown to better monitor patients when it is not initially clear whether or not a patient is having a coronary event. Such monitoring ensures patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted.