Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 3 - Bureau of Acute Care Systems › Subpart 2 - STEMI System of Care › Chapter 1 - Mississippi STEMI System of Care › Subchapter 1 - General › Rule 15-3-2-1.1.5 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
For the purpose of clarity and usage in the Mississippi
						STEMI SOC, the following abbreviations, acronyms, and terms shall be defined as
						follows:
1. ACC - American College of
					 Cardiology
2. ACLS - Advanced
					 Cardiac Life Support
3. ALS -
					 Advanced life support, including techniques of resuscitation, such as,
					 intravenous access, and cardiac monitoring
4. BACS - Bureau of Acute Care Systems,
					 Mississippi State Department of Health
5. BEMS - Bureau of Emergency Medical
					 Services, Mississippi State Department of Health
6. BLS - Basic life support techniques of
					 resuscitation, including simple airway maneuvers, administration of oxygen, and
					 intravenous access
7. CAP -
					 Corrective Action Plan
8. CCRN -
					 Critical Care Registered Nurse.
9.
					 CEN - Certified Emergency Nurse
10. Department - Mississippi State Department
					 of Health
11. Designation - Formal
					 recognition of hospitals by the Department as providers of specialized STEMI
					 services to meet the needs of patients suffering from an acute STEMI
12. E&D - Essential and Desirables chart
					 for each STEMI Center designation level
13. Emergency Department (or Emergency Room)
					 - The area of an acute care hospital that customarily receives patients in need
					 of emergency medical evaluation and/or care
14. EMS - Emergency Medical Services
15. EMSAC - Emergency Medical
					 Services Advisory Council
16. ENA
					 - Emergency Nurses Association
17.
					 Field Triage - Classification of patients according to medical need at the
					 scene of an injury or onset of an illness
18. Inclusive STEMI System of Care - a STEMI
					 care system that incorporates every health care facility willing to participate
					 in the voluntary system in order to provide a continuum of services for all
					 patients suffering from an acute STEMI; the patient's needs are matched to the
					 appropriate hospital resources
19.
					 STEMI Receiving Centers - A hospital with the ability to provide 24/7/365
					 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and provide leadership and complete
					 care for every aspect of STEMI from prevention to rehabilitation
20. STEMI Referral Centers - An acute care
					 hospital with the commitment, resources and specialty training necessary to
					 diagnose, provide initial care and administer thrombolytics 24/7/365
21. Medical Control - Physician direction
					 over pre-hospital activities to ensure efficient field triage, transportation,
					 and care of STEMI patients
22.
					 Mid-level Providers/Practitioners - Physician Assistant (PA) and/or Nurse
					 Practitioners (NP)
23. Mississippi
					 STEMI System of Care Plan - A formally organized plan developed by the
					 Department, which sets out a comprehensive system for the prevention and
					 management of STEMI patients
24.
					 Non-Designated Hospital - A licensed acute care hospital that has applied for
					 designation as a STEMI center, but has not been designated by the Department
25. Non-Participating Hospital - A
					 licensed acute care hospital that has informed the Department that they do not
					 desire to participate in the STEMI SOC
26. Performance Improvement (PI or Quality
					 Improvement) - A method of evaluating and improving processes of patient care
					 which emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving, and focuses
					 not on individuals, but systems of patient care which might cause variations in
					 patient outcome
27. Research -
					 Clinical or laboratory studies designed to produce new knowledge applicable to
					 the care of STEMI patients
28.
					 Service Area (or "catchment area") - Geographic area defined by the local EMS
					 agency as the area served by a designated STEMI Center
29. SHO - State Health Officer
30. STEMI Registry - a database program
					 managed by the Department and used by hospitals to track STEMI patients and the
					 care of STEMI patients
31. Triage
					 - the process of sorting patients on the basis of the actual or perceived
					 injury or illness and assigning them to the most effective and efficient STEMI
					 care resources, in order to insure optimal care and the best chance of survival