The accreditation is based on an on-site review of how well employees evaluate, diagnose and treat patients having a heart attack. Systems must also have primary PCI available 24/7, a nonsurgical procedure that opens narrowed or blocked coronary arteries with a balloon to relieve symptoms of heart disease or reduce heart damage during or after a heart attack.
Facilities must also maintain a “no diversion” policy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. This is the second time Erlanger has earned the accreditation, which is good for three years.
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