The Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital with guest national faculty will present TheMiracle on Ice:Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Patient on December 3rd and 4th. This conference will draw physicians from across the country to learn how innovative rescue and cooling programs are saving lives and preserving brain function in cardiac arrest victims.
“The Minneapolis Heart Institute’s ‘Cool It’ therapeutic hypothermia program has become the national model for emergency cardiac resuscitation,” said Kevin J. Graham, M.D., cardiologist and president of the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
“With our partners around the state, we were the first in the world to offer therapeutic hypothermia systematically to patients throughout a region who are then transferred post arrest to a quaternary referral center.
“Our survival and recovery numbers are even more impressive because the majority of the patients in this program are transferred to us after initial stabilization at a regional hospital.”
Karl Kern, M.D., of the University of Arizona, a national expert in emergency cardiac resuscitation and a conference speaker, says progress has been made in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with improved CPR techniques, but better survival rates are possible.
“The next great opportunity for improving outcomes from cardiac arrest will be through more aggressive and appropriate post-resuscitation care. Optimal post-resuscitation care includes the routine use of mild hypothermia combined with early coronary angiography and possible angioplasty. Where such is currently being practiced, survival rates of 70 percent have been reported, with 80 percent of such survivors being neurologically intact," he said.
Dr. Graham says that more than 100 programs across the nation have visited Minneapolis to learn about the MHI Level One MI program. ”The Miracle on Ice conference will continue to extend our reputation as one of the premier centers in the world in the area of rapid diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular emergencies.”
The Miracle on Ice conference will be held Thursday and Friday, December 3rd and 4th from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marriott Minneapolis Airport, 2020 American Boulevard East, Bloomington, Minn. Complete conference information, including faculty, continuing education and registration information can be found at www.mplsheart.com/miracleonice/
More about the Minneapolis Heart Institute® Level One Heart Attack and “Cool It” Programs
The Level One Acute MI Treatment program initiated in 2002 at Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital has become the national model for rapid diagnosis and treatment of Heart Attacks. The program has been responsible for decreasing mortality from acute MI by 50 percent.
The hallmark of this program has been seamless, integrated care processes coordinating 33 outstate hospitals, physicians, nurses, paramedics, ancillary staff, and transfer services covering more than 35,000 square miles into one virtual, seamless network centered on patient care. MHI has trained more than 100 centers nationally in this methodology.
In 2006, the “Cool It” Therapeutic Hypothermia Program was begun to more aggressively treat the nine percent of Level One patients presenting with a concomitant cardiac arrest. This program requires the collaborative, round-the-clock expertise of emergency, cardiac, and critical care physician and team members available at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern. The program has grown to cover all cardiac arrests in the Level One system and has treated more than 140 patients with outstanding results, published in peer reviewed journals and featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article.
More about Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
The Minneapolis Heart Institute® is the largest integrated cardiovascular provider in Minnesota. Abbott Northwestern Hospital treats more heart attack and heart failure patients than any hospital in Minnesota and is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a not-for-profit health care system of hospitals, clinics and other patient care services that provides exceptional care to communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin and employs more than 22, 0000 people.
Contacts:
Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Gloria O'Connell, 612-863-4801
gloria.oconnell@allina.com