Redmond Regional Medical Center is the third hospital in Georgia to be designated a Level 1 Emergency Cardiac Care Center by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Office of EMS and Trauma. Level 1 is Georgia’s highest level of recognition for emergency cardiac care. Redmond is the only hospital in Northwest Georgia with an Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation.

According to the Office of Cardiac Care, there are multiple benefits of Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation. Among these benefits are protocols used by EMS to diagnose, triage, and transport cardiac patients to the appropriate cardiac resource hospital in time. Designated Emergency Cardiac Care Center hospitals “save lives, reduce disability, and improve quality of life.”

A press release from Redmond said, “Residents of Northwest Georgia now have access to the highest level of Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Level 1 designation reflects the comprehensive cardiac services provided to patients at Redmond from emergency services to open-heart surgery and other advanced cardiac interventions.”