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46 JUL / AUG 2020  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Hospital Rounds The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to healthcare quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter assigned to all general hospitals across the coun- try and updated every six months, assessing how well hospitals prevent medical errors and other harms to patients. Lane Regional Medical Center Receives Cycle VChest Pain Center Accreditation Lane Regional Medical Center has earned full accreditation with Percutaneous Coronary Inter- vention (PCI) from the American College of Cardiology. By receiving Chest Pain Accreditation, Lane has achieved a higher level of expertise in treat- ing patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack as well as streamlining processes for admis- sion, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, discharge, and post-discharge care. To become an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Lane Regional Medical Center engaged in a rig- orous evaluation of the staff’s ability to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients who may be experi- encing a heart attack, ensuring processes are in place to meet strict criteria aimed at: • Reducing the time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment • Treating patients more quickly during the crit- ical window of time when the integrity of the heart muscle can be preserved • Monitoring patients when it is not certain that they are having a heart attack to ensure that they are not sent home too quickly or need- lessly admitted to the hospital The team at Lane earns high marks with 100 per- cent of acute myocardial infarction patients receiv- ing PCI treatment with an average door-to-balloon time of 30 minutes or less. The national average is 90 minutes or less. PCI, also known as angioplasty, is a non-surgical procedure that opens narrowed or blocked coro- nary arteries with a balloon to relieve symptoms of heart disease or reduce heart damage during or after a heart attack. Door-to-balloon time is a quality measure indi- cating the amount of time between a heart attack patient’s arrival at the emergency room to the time that patient’s blocked artery is reopened in the catheterization lab. “People tend to wait when they think they may be having a heart attack, and that’s a mistake,” says Laura Peel, Director of Lane Cardiovascu- lar Center. “The average patient arrives in the ER more than two hours after the onset of symptoms, but what they don’t realize is that the sooner a heart attack is treated, the less damage to the heart and the better outcome for the patient.” More than 730,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. The most common symptom of a heart attack for both men and women is chest pain or discomfort. Atypical symptoms include tingling or discomfort in one or both arms, back, shoulder, and neck or jaw, as well as shortness of breath, cold sweat, unusual tiredness, heartburn- like feeling, nausea or vomiting, and sudden diz- ziness or fainting. Ochsner Releases New Employer Toolkit Ochsner Health release an employer toolkit to assist businesses with their return to work plans. The document serves as a guide to keep employers, their employees, and their families healthy, safe, and prepared. The updated toolkit is online at: • www.ochsner.org/coronavirus • www.ochsner.org/employer-solutions Baton Rouge District Nurses Association Recognizes Our Lady of the Lake Nurses In honor of National Nurses Month, Our Lady of the Lake nurses were recognized by the Baton Rouge District Nurses Association for their com- mitment to the nursing profession. “Now more than ever, eyes are on the nursing profession. We are humbled to have seventeen nurses recognized and we know there are even more nurses who are deserving of this honor,” said Nicole Telhiard, chief nursing officer for Our Lady of the Lake. “This year is internationally known as ‘the year of the nurse’ and I could not be more proud to have so many outstanding nurses provid- ing compassionate care throughout our facilities.” As part of the Baton Rouge District Nurses Asso- ciation’s annual spring Celebrate Nursing Ban- quet, postponed until the fall, 17 nurses fromOur Lady of the Lake were recognized. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center • Iesha Bethley MSN, RN, CMSRN • Raymond Boudreaux BSN, RN, PCCN • Ashley Campbell ASN, TCRN • Kristie Cowart, BSN, RN, CPN • Loretta Criaigton-Davis, BSN, RN, CMSRN • Desiree Dillon BSN, CEN • Jake Gaudet BSN, RN • Maurice Harris MSN, RN • Katherine Hillis MNSc, RN • Tiffany Huffman BSN, RN, CMSRN • Bridget Jones BSN, RN • Corrie Presley MSN, RN, CCRN • Jacqueline Aucoin BSN, RN • Shawn Simmons, MSN, RN Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital • Shawn Wolkart MSN, RN Our Lady of the Lake Ascension • Deisy Olivas Marquez BSN, RN • Leigh Schexnaydre BSN, RN, CAPA Woman’s Mammography Coach Resumes Screening Services After temporarily suspending operations due to COVID-19, Woman’s Hospital is sending its mobile mammography coaches back on the road in June with new guidelines to ensure the safety of patients and staff. “It’s important that women don’t push back their annual mammogram because cancers caught early have the highest success rates,” said Cyn- thia Rabalais, executive director of Breast Imag- ing at Woman’s Hospital. “We have been working tirelessly to put some new processes in place to best protect everyone on our coach.” Appointments are required to receive a mobile mammogram on the coach. Along with extra cleanings between screenings, all patients and employees inside the coach will be required to wear a mask and pass a screening before entering. Woman’s mobile mammography program increases women’s accessibility to mammograms by bringing screenings to churches, workplaces, grocery stores, and community centers in sur- rounding areas. In 2019, the mobile mammog- raphy program provided approximately 4,000 screenings in 22 parishes and detected 23 breast cancers. The Woman’s Hospital mammography coach schedule for June and July is found online at www.