Definition of Chest Pain Center (ED)

Acts locally as a grassroots community based organization focused on early recognition and treatment of patients with:

• Acute myocardial infarction
• Acute myocardial ischemia
• Patients with underlying coronary artery disease (CAD)
• Patients with increased risk factors for ischemic heart disease with special emphasis on prevention.

Fax: 41O/368-32O7
E-mail:info@ehac.org
Web Site: http://www.ehac.org
http://www.chestpain.org
http://www.chestpaincenters.org
http://www.cped.org

Write: Raymond D. Bahr. MD. FACP, FACC
900 Caton Avenue Baltimore. Maryland 21229

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Initial certification as a Chest Pain Emergency Department

Beginning level

Signifies completion of initial planning stages

Undertakes to achieve the 6 components necessary for a Chest Pain Center in the Emergency Department

Full Certification as a Chest Pain Center in the Emergency Department

Intermediate level - Completion of all 6 components

• Emergency Chest Pain Unit "Attack Program"
• Observation Program for tracking chest pain patients
• Functional unit design and monitoring equipment
• Appropriate staffing and proper opening
• Outreach program for the community (EHAC)
• TQM based management of Chest Pain Center

Certification for maximal and optimal efficiency in the understanding and operation of this community sarcomere

Advanced Level

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EHAC
Early Heart Attack Care

Early symptom recognition of a heart attack can be reduced to a single message that demands further explanation

Heart Attacks Have Beginnings

Thus an explanation brings out that such symptoms are

Recognizable
Teachable
Offer Acute Prevention through early intervention

Such soft symptoms, like a smoke detector before a fire, alert individuals to detect the early presence of a heart attack.

Take heed of this warning (EHAC) lest you become another statistic.

Help make EHAC as well known for the living as CPR is for the dead.

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THE EHAC MODULE FOR
EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE

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