Heart Emergency Center
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For healthcare providers who need to transfer a patient to Arkansas Heart Hospital, click here.Time is Muscle
If you're having a heart attack or other heart-related emergency, you need expert care — and you need it fast. Your heart is a muscle. So if it's in distress, the sooner you get treatment, the stronger it will be. That's why we believe there's only one place to go for a heart emergency — Arkansas Heart Hospital.
The 24-Hour Heart Emergency Center at Arkansas Heart Hospital offers emergency care for heart-related emergencies. Our emergency room is staffed by world class physicians and a well trained and skilled staff, all with a special focus on providing the best emergency heart care.
Emergency Center Features
Available 24 hours, 7 days a week
Low wait time
Registered nurses are specially trained in cardiac emergencies
Physicians and registered nurses are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Advanced equipment and treatment protocols
Emergency Center is easily accessible from I-430
Arkansas Heart Hospital is the leader in heart care in the state.
In the latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more patients are satisfied or highly satisfied
with their experience at Arkansas Heart Hospital and would recommend us to others for cardiac care over any other health care provider in Arkansas.
Arkansas Heart Hospital is an accredited Chest Pain Center.
Arkansas Heart Hospital is honored to be recognized as an accredited Chest Pain Center (CPC). With this distinction, Arkansas Heart Hospital continues to demonstrate its commitment to excellence in serving
the heart health needs of the area. The CPC accreditation is awarded by the Society for Chest Pain Centers and follows an extensive application and onsite review process. The CPC utilizes specially trained
physicians and nurses to diagnose and appropriately treat patients who come to the Emergency Department with chest pain.
Society of Chest Pain Centers: http://www.scpcp.org/dnn/
It's your choice.
The physician specialists on our medical staff are experienced in quickly and appropriately diagnosing and treating heart emergencies. In fact, Arkansas Heart Hospital exceeds the national standard for "Door-to-Balloon" time, which is the time from a patient entering our door to the time of treatment. This is important because studies have shown that faster times are associated with clinically meaningful differences in survival and outcomes.Know the warning signs of a heart attack. Act immediately — call 911.
Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening:Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
Womens' most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. They are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.
