Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Reducing Delays from the Emergency Department to the Cardiac Catheterisation Lab for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (Survey Form)

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Reducing Delays from the Emergency Department to the Cardiac Catheterisation Lab for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (Survey Form)

Singapore Health Services
Auckland, Singapore

Singapore General Hospital offers primary angioplasty for patients with acute myocardial infarction 24 hours a day. Based on a survey of patients, a workgroup analyzed reasons for delay in "door-to-balloon time" and made a series of corrective changes. Results: reduction in delay from 146 minutes to 104 minutes.

Background
See the team's Improvement Story Member Report for more details on their improvements.

Directions

Download PDF for the complete report of the team's improvement work, including the Survey Form they developed to evaluate individual timings from the ED to the cardiovascular laboratory.



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