STEMI Receiving Centers.

(A)

Twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, 365 days a year availability for the treatment of STEMI patients;

(B)

A call activation system to activate the cardiac catheterization team directly;

(C)

An EMS system notification process developed with the LEMSA to be utilized when PCI services are unavailable;

(D)

A process in place for the triage and treatment of STEMI patients arriving simultaneously;

(E)

Compliance with the required minimum volume of PCI procedures performed for designation by the LEMSA;

(F)

A STEMI receiving center without on-site cardiovascular surgery capability shall have a written transfer plan and agreements for transfer to a facility with cardiovascular surgery capability.

(A)

A STEMI program manager and a STEMI medical director;

(B)

A cardiac catheterization team, including appropriate staff as determined by the GACH and LEMSA, that is immediately available at all times;

(C)

Up-to-date STEMI team and cardiac catheterization team call roster(s);

(D)

Documentation containing job descriptions and organizational structure that clarifies the relationship between the STEMI Medical Director, STEMI Program Manager, and the STEMI team, to be provided to the LEMSA upon request.

(A)

Accept all STEMI patients according to the LEMSA's STEMI destination policy;

(B)

Adhere to the LEMSA's diversion policy or protocol.

(A)

Organized medical staff;

(B)

Staff nurses;

(C)

Staff allied health personnel;

(D)

EMS personnel; and

(E)

Other community physicians and health care personnel.