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I overheard the doctor call my uncles experience a level 1 after he had a heart procedure at the hospital. can a doctor explain?

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Dr. Elden Rand answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Acute heart attack: Many hospitals use the "level 1" designation for a rapid program designed to minimize the time from a patient's arrival to an emergency room to the time a blocked heart artery is opened. The process involves many steps, including notifying and mobilizing the cardiac team and making all other steps proceed as quickly as possible to open the heart artery within 90 minutes.

Answered 5/14/2013

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