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CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> 1792 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> C 1 REGULAR MEETING <br /> JUNE 1 % 2017 <br /> 6:30 P.M. <br /> AGENDA CATEGORY: <br /> Recognitions and Presentations <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> EMS - Mission Lifeline Gold Recognition <br /> BRIEF SUMMARY: <br /> The Cabarrus County EMS system has received the American Heart <br /> Association's 2017 Mission- Lifeline® EMS Gold Award for continually <br /> sustaining quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients <br /> who experience severe heart attacks. The Cabarrus County EMS System <br /> previously received the Gold award in 2015 and 2016 as well as a silver <br /> award in 2014. <br /> Mission- Lifeline's EMS recognition program recognizes those emergency <br /> responders for their efforts in improving STEMI systems of care and <br /> improving the quality of life for these patients. Emergency Medical System <br /> providers are vital to the success of Mission- Lifeline. EMS agencies <br /> provide access to 12-lead ECG machines and follow protocols derived <br /> from American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology <br /> guidelines. The correct tools and training allow EMS providers to rapidly <br /> identify the STEMI, promptly notify the medical center, and trigger an early <br /> response from the awaiting hospital personnel. The goal is to restore <br /> effective circulation to the heart as soon as possible. <br /> Agencies that receive the Mission- Lifeline Gold award have demonstrated <br /> at least 75 percent compliance for each required achievement measure <br /> for two years and treated at least eight STEMI patients for each year. The <br /> Cabarrus EMS System received 100 percent compliance in each <br /> measure. The partnership we have with Cabarrus County, the American <br /> Heart Association, Carolinas Health Care System Northeast, Cabarrus <br /> County Communications, and City/County First Responder agencies <br /> C-2 Page 57 <br />