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Congratulations!! <br />We are excited to inform you that Cabarrus County EMS has achieved the 2014 Mission: Lifeline' EMS <br />Silver Level Recognition Award. This award is based upon the achievements as identified through your <br />agency's online application submission of data representative of care delivered in 2013. <br />Collaboration among pre - hospital and hospital providers is the essence of Mission: Lifeline. The <br />American Heart Association recognizes the vital importance Emergency Medical System providers <br />provide to the overall success of Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems of Care. The correct tools and training <br />allow EMS providers to rapidly identify the STEMI, promptly notify the destination Center and trigger an <br />early response from the awaiting hospital personnel. As an EMS agency that delivers education in STEMI <br />identification, provides access to 12 lead ECG machines and develops protocols derived from ACC /AHA <br />STEMI Guidelines, your medics are driving improvements in the care and outcomes of STEMI patients. <br />The criteria to achieve the Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver award is based on meeting the achievement <br />measures for at least one and up to three calendar quarters with no single measure scoring below 75 %. <br />The individual measures are as follows: <br />Percentage of patients with non - traumatic chest pain > 35 years of age, treated and <br />transported by EMS who receives a pre - hospital 12 Lead ECG. <br />Percentage of STEMI patients transported to a STEMI Receiving Center, with pre - hospital First <br />Medical Contact (FMC) to Device (PCI) E 90 Minutes. <br />Percentage of STEMI patients transported to a STEMI Referring Center with Arrival (to Referring <br />Center) to Fibrinolytic Therapy administration in <30 Minutes.. <br />To help promote your achievement, the American Heart Association has the following tools and items <br />available for use Cabarrus County EMS. <br />— PDF Certificate of Achievement (attached) <br />— Online resources found at www.heart.org /mlemsawards <br />• Mission: Lifeline EMS Patch (available for purchase on May 1") <br />• Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver Recognition Award News Release <br />• Mission: Lifeline EMS Award Social Posts <br />• Mission: Lifeline EMS Award Widgets <br />a <br />Again, congratulations! For a listing of all Mission: Lifeline EMS Award Recipients, please visit us at: <br />www.heart.org/mlemsawards <br />Sincerely, <br />t wf <br />John R. Dugan, III, Mission: Lifeline Director <br />john.dugan @heart.org • 804 - 641 -1530 <br />C -3 <br />Attachment number 2 <br />Page 28 <br />