The industry’s recommended ‘door-to-balloon’ protocol is 90 minutes. We can help you start the clock earlier by clearing a path from Discovery to Treatment.
Philips can simplify cardiac care for STEMI patients with innovative, time-saving offerings that span from “discovery,” which starts with the paramedic in the field, and continues through PCI in the cardiac cath lab. The current recommended “door-to-balloon” protocol is 90 minutes or less, but many hospitals fall short of this goal. Whether patients arrive by ambulance or transport themselves to the hospital, Philips solutions can capture and integrate STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) patients' diagnostic data, while supporting teamwork - a key strategy that may help healthcare providers prevent information delays and shorten door-to-balloon times, because time is muscle.
Faster routing
With Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator, a paramedic can connect ECG leads to a patient suffering from myocardial infarction, and then transmit the 12-lead ECG data to clinicians in the emergency department. In the ED, clinicians can use the ECG to begin assessing what treatment the incoming patient will need. For example, clinicians might scramble the cath lab team, or prepare thrombolytic therapy.
Since the MRx allows a hospital to begin organizing its resources—before a patient even arrives—it can help dramatically reduce the delay to treatment.
Another benefit of a pre-hospital 12-lead ECG program is to potentially divert the patient to a heart hospital when the 12-lead ECG shows STEMI. Upon arrival at the hospital, the traditional destination is the ED. STEMI patients can bypass the ED altogether and go directly to the cath lab. This can help significantly reduce door-to-balloon time.
From discovery to door
In the ‘door-to-balloon’ protocol, the clock starts when a patient is brought into the hospital. The MRx allows hospitals and EMS to start the clock earlier, offering a ‘Discovery to Balloon’ solution. All the prep, scheduling, diagnostic and routing activities—which usually start once the patient arrives— can now begin while the patient is en route, saving valuable time.
The Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator:
1. Allows all 12-leads to be displayed at once; streaming the 12-lead ECG (exclusive to Philips).
2. Displays 12-lead ECG interpretation on screen (another Philips exclusive).
3. Transmits 12-lead ECG wirelessly, with Bluetooth technology and internet protocols, to receiving station.
4. Enables fast and easy routing of the 12-lead ECG report to multiple destinations (ED, Cath, ECG management system, Cardiologist, etc) with the press of a button.
It only takes two beats to assess an accurate iCT-scan of the heart
Philips’ iCT solution speeds up evaluations to a matter of seconds and provides a fast, non-invasive evaluation for patients with chest pain.
Unparalleled 3D views of the beating heart
It's no longer necessary to mentally reconstruct pathology from 2-dimensional views. Philips’ Live 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) delivers exceptional 3D views that accurately depict cardiac structure, pathology and function. Live 3D TEE tells the whole story. You can capture all the views you need, assess function and morphology in real time, and measure and quantify the data. You'll have access to more information for planning treatment than ever before. Facilitating your decisions to repair or replace with confidence.
Extending the reach of care
Healthcare should be provided wherever it’s best for the patient. We provide connected healthcare solutions at home that enable independence and convenience for people with chronic heart diseases.
From triage to diagnosis to treatment to monitoring—Philips technology can help beat the clock throughout the cardiac cycle of care.