المملكة: King Fahad Medical City and the air ambulance save the life of a patient who suffered a heart attack

The second Riyadh Health Cluster was able to achieve a qualitative health achievement by benefiting from operating the airstrip in the evening in Heart attacks, through direct linking between paramedics affiliated with the Saudi Red Crescent Authority and consultant doctors in Saudi hospitals affiliated with health clusters around the Kingdom.

The complete readiness of King Fahad Medical City

This achievement also highlights the readiness of King Fahad Medical City facilities in Riyadh to receive air ambulances at the designated airstrip 24 hours a day, and their excellence in providing the best medical services in accordance with the highest international health standards, in extension For its continuous role in improving the quality of health services and facilitating beneficiaries’ access to them in order to achieve the goals of the Health Transformation Program – one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030 -.

The heart attack pathway – within the Saudi health care model – has achieved qualitative results since its implementation, including: reducing heart attack deaths by up to 50%, reducing cases of heart failure by up to 75%, accelerating patients’ access to service within the golden hour, and reducing re-admission rates to… Hospital.

Receiving the report and following up on the case

In the details, after receiving a report from the Saudi Red Crescent teams, which immediately responded to the case at night, and initial examinations showed that the patient had symptoms of a severe heart attack.
As a result, the heart attack path was activated in coordination with King Fahd Medical City – one of the components of the second Riyadh Health Cluster – in accordance with the approved medical protocols.

Given the location of the case being far from the facilities Specialized, integrated coordination took place between the ground ambulance and the air ambulance to transport the patient from Huraymila General Hospital to King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, with the direct activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory and accelerating the therapeutic intervention without going through emergency procedures, which contributed to opening the artery and saving the patient’s life within a record time of no more than two hours, through direct transportation from the accident site to the catheterization laboratory late at night.

This integration with the Saudi Red Crescent Authority comes within the goals of health transformation, to enhance the speed of response to critical cases through field diagnosis Activating rapid access routes, ensuring the readiness of medical teams to immediately deal with emergency cases.

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