St. James Parish Hospital Nationally Recognized by American Heart Association
« ReturnSt. James Parish Hospital has earned AHA recognition for a commitment to quality care for heart attacks and stroke.
2024 AHA Get with the Guidelines® Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Referring Center – Bronze
St. James Parish Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Referring Center Bronze recognition for its commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as an “ST” elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), typically more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.
Each year, about 285,000 people in the U.S. experience this type of heart attack, caused by a complete blockage in a coronary artery. Like all heart attacks, this requires timely treatment to restore blood flow as quickly as possible.
Recognition as a STEMI Referring Center is designed to showcase hospitals of every size on the front lines of care that do not have 24/7 cardiac catheterization lab availability but work in collaboration with emergency medical services to ensure patients receive guideline-directed STEMI and NSTEMI care.
2024 AHA Get with the Guidelines® Rural Stroke – Bronze
The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Rural award recognizes efforts to address the unique health needs of rural communities. For efforts to optimize stroke care and eliminate rural health care outcome disparities, St. James Parish Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Recognition Bronze award.
The AHA reports that people who live in rural communities live an average of three years fewer than urban counterparts, have a 40% higher likelihood of developing heart disease and face a 30% increased risk for stroke mortality, a gap that has grown for the past two decades. St. James Parish Hospital is committed to changing that.
The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, recognizes the importance of health care services provided to people living in rural areas by rural hospitals that play a vital role in initiation of timely evidence-based care.
For that reason, all rural hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines – Stroke are eligible to receive award recognition based on a unique methodology focused on early acute stroke performance metrics.
“Rural communities deserve high-quality care despite limited resources,” said Kelli Randazzo, RN, Emergency Department Manager.
“I am so proud our team for their commitment to offering excellent emergency care. These awards signify a huge accomplishment for our hospital and an even bigger win for the communities we serve.”
