WATERTOWN MAN’S STORY OF SURVIVAL FEATURED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE POSTED: JAN 10, 2012 In August 2011, Watertown realtor Forrest “Mick” Stanton became one of South Dakota Mission: Lifeline’s first success stories. After suffering a heart attack in Henry, S.D., he was transferred to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, S.D., and within 19 minutes of arrival had two blockages in his heart opened epitomizing the goal of the Mission: Lifeline program. Because of this, Stanton was invited by the national office of the American Heart Association (AHA) to share his heart attack survivor story at the AHA Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Fla. Scientific Sessions is a gathering of thousands of scientists and healthcare professionals devoted to the science of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The immediate treatment received by Stanton at Prairie Lakes Hospital was made possible by a grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the AHA’s Mission: Lifeline program. In April, 2010 the Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded the AHA an $8.4 million grant to build a STEMI system of care in the state of South Dakota. Mission: Lifeline is using the grant money to purchase equipment, implement processes and close communication gaps that separate heart attack patients from timely access to appropriate treatments. Part of the grant funding was used to outfit ambulances throughout South Dakota with electrocardiogram (EKG) monitors that have the ability to transmit EKG readings to designated STEMI-receiving hospitals. Prairie Lakes Hospital has been designated a STEMI-receiving hospital because of its ability to provide life-saving treatment to patients suffering heart attacks. The ambulance Stanton was transferred in was equipped with this technology and his EKG reading was transmitted to Prairie Lakes Hospital where it was read by interventional cardiologists Dr. Salem Maaliki. This enabled Dr. Maaliki and the cath lab team to be ready for Stanton when he arrived and restore blood flow to Stanton’s heart well under the 90 minute recommended timeframe by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. « back to article list P:605.882.7000 | 877.917.PLHS (7547) | info@prairielakes.com 401 9th Ave. NW Watertown, SD 57201 Privacy Policy