Door-to-Balloon Time Shorter With EMT Diagnosis: Heart Month -- Day 24
Hospitals and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have been implementing strategies to decrease door-to-balloon (D2B) time. Not familiar with D2B?  It's the term for the time it takes to get a heart attack victim to the hospital for a cardiac angioplasty procedure (heart cath).
Suzanne O'Malley, Contributor
Author, Screenwriter, Yale University Lecturer