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treatment for heart attack using
balloon angioplasty and stents.
Why Kadlec for stroke?
Kadlec’s stroke treatment care
brings together fellowship-trained
specialists from Kadlec Neuroscience
Center, board certified emergency
physicians and highly trained
paramedics. With time of the essence,
there is a coordinated team in place
to ensure rapid treatment for patients
in the midst of suffering a stroke.
Kadlec’s emergency stroke
treatment services include:
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Around-the-clock coverage with
both neurologists and the region’s
only neurosurgeons — 15–20 percent
of stroke is hemorrhagic, requiring
neurosurgical consult
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Full-time intensivists — critical care
specialists who work only in the ICU
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Nationally recognized Intensive
Care Unit — Beacon Award
for nursing care given to only
10 percent of hospitals nationwide
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Top-quality imaging equipment
to assist in diagnosis
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Neuroradiologists — specially
trained radiologists in the treatment
of neurological disorders
I
t is said “time is muscle” when
it comes to treating a heart
attack and “time is brain” in
stroke care. Kadlec Regional
Medical Center partners with
emergency services agencies to
provide expedited cardiac and
stroke treatment to patients in the
region.
You, too, have a role in
achieving a healthy result —
should you experience the
symptoms of heart attack
or stroke, do not delay. Call
9-1-1 immediately. Review the
symptoms at right and educate
yourself and your family about
this important health information.
Why Kadlec for heart
attack?
Kadlec’s growing open heart
surgery and interventional
cardiology program serves as a
referral center for communities in
the Tri-Cities, southeast Washington
and northeast Oregon. Kadlec is
the first nationally accredited chest
pain center in the northwest and
the only hospital in the region with
the ability to provide emergency
call 9-1-1
DON’T DELAY —
We’ve got you covered!
Kadlec offers critical heart and stroke
care for you and your family around
the clock, including:
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24/7 Emergency Cardiac
Care including surgery
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24/7 Emergency Thoracic
Care including surgery
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24/7 Emergency Vascular Care
including surgery
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24/7 Emergency Stroke Care
including surgery
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24/7 Interventional Radiology
Care
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Symptoms of
heart attack
Call 9-1-1 immediately if you
experience any of these signs of
heart attack:
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Chest pain or discomfort.
Feels like pressure, squeezing,
fullness or pain. Can be mild or
severe
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Discomfort in other areas of
the upper body, one or both arms
or upper part of the stomach
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Shortness of breath, which
may occur with or before chest
discomfort
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Light-headedness, sudden
dizziness, or nausea/vomiting
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Cold sweat
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Back or jaw pain
✔
Symptoms of stroke
Call 9-1-1 immediately if you
experience any of these signs of
stroke:
■
Numbness or weakness of the
face, arm or leg, especially on
one side of the body
■
Confusion, trouble speaking or
understanding
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Trouble seeing in one or both
eyes
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Trouble walking, dizziness, loss
of balance or coordination
■
Severe headache with no
known cause
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healthy
heart
HEALTHY HEART is published as a community
service for the friends and patrons of KADLEC
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 888 Swift Blvd.,
Richland, WA 99352, 509-946-4611, website
www.kadlec.org
.
Rand Wortman
President and CEO
Kadlec Health System
Nikki Ostergaard
Marketing Specialist
Kadlec Health System
Photos:
Kim Fetrow,
Imageworks
Lane Savitch
President
Kadlec Regional
Medical Center
Jim Hall
Community Relations
Director
Kadlec Health System
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