From today, Treant will start a pilot to be able to assess patients with acute heart problems faster and more efficiently. It is a half -year test, where (low -complex) heart patients are no longer standard to the first heart help (EHH) or emergency care (SEH) in Emmen, but to a Cardiac Triage Unit (CTU) in Hoogeveen or Stadskanaal.
Patients end up with (possible) heart problems that are not of a direct or life -threatening nature on the CTU. These are complaints that must be assessed or treated immediately, such as chest and/or stuffing complaints or heart rhythm disorders.
In the current situation, patients with acute heart problems are usually transported with the ambulance to the Scheper hospital location in Emmen via 112. In practice it appears that in many cases the problems are not so serious that these patients must necessarily be seen on an EHH or emergency room.
With the new working method, Treant wants to prevent unnecessary visits to the emergency departments. After consulting with a Treant cardiologist, ambulances can take patients with a low -complex care demand to a CTU on workdays between 8 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
There they are further assessed and treated. “As a result, patients can be helped closer to home, there is less travel time for ambulances and less crowds in the emergency departments in Emmen,” says Erwin Kikkers, spokesperson for Treant.
The pilot is being carried out in collaboration with cardiologists, employees of the CTUs in Hoogeveen and Stadskanaal, the EHH and SEH in Emmen and the regional ambulance services, including UMCG ambulance care and ambulance care Groningen. After six months an evaluation of the test follows.
“If we see adjustments or improvements earlier, we will of course implement them. Because it is about people,” Kikkers emphasizes.