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Dr. Donald Lappe, Brooke Macias, director of quality assurance/continuous quality improvement with Gold Cross Ambulance, and Dr. Brent Muhlestein are among those honored for the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy t Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Laissa Call, who works in a catheter lab, signs a board thanking Intermountain Medical Center staff and EMS crews for getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecutive years, Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Dr. Donald Lappe, Brooke Macias, director of quality assurance/continuous quality improvement with Gold Cross Ambulance, and Dr. Brent Muhlestein talk about the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Dr. Donald Lappe talks to the media about Intermountain Medical Center staff and EMS crews reaching a lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecut Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Brooke Macias, director of quality assurance/continuous quality improvement with Gold Cross Ambulance, and Dr. Donald Lappe look at a summary report that shows the entire patient case with photos of EKG, pre- and post-coronary angiogram images, brief hist Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Intermountain Medical Center staff and EMS crews are honored for the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecutive years, at Intermountain Medic Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Murray City Fire Battalion Chief Mike Dykman talks to the media about the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecutive years, at Intermountain Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Murray City Fire Battalion Chief Mike Dykman talks to the media about the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecutive years, at Intermountain Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Brooke Macias, director of quality assurance/continuous quality improvement with Gold Cross Ambulance, talks to the media about getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecut Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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The Murray City Fire Department is honored for the lifesaving achievement of getting all heart attack patients balloon therapy to clear blockages leading to the heart within 90 minutes, for three consecutive years, at Intermountain Medical Center in Murra Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

By Deseret News

Intermountain Medical Center staff, along with EMS personnel from six agencies, were honored on Thursday a medical milestone: Every heart attack patient transported and treated in the past three years has received lifesaving balloon therapy within 90 minutes. EMS agencies include Gold Cross Ambulance, Murray City Fire, Park City Fire, Salt Lake City Fire, Sandy Fire and Unified Fire Authority.

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Treatment protocol and teamwork between several departments at Intermountain Medical Center and emergency medical service responders led to achieving the goal. Most recently, a patient’s door-to-balloon time was 28 minutes.

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