Faster, Better-Coordinated Care Is Improving Heart-Attack Survival

Big changes in the way heart-attack patients are treated in the ambulance and at the hospital are allowing more patients to survive the big one.

Published: March 18, 2018

In a heart attack, minutes count. The faster blood flow is restored to the heart, the better the chance the patient will survive. Now, Cleveland Clinic and other major medical centers nationwide are working with emergency medical services (EMS) to make innovative changes in the way heart attack patients are treated. The result is faster heart-attack care and more patients leaving the hospital alive.