Our Mission

The Cardiac Committee will establish a collaborative, coordinated, consistent and transparent system to improve STEMI care for all citizens in the SETRAC region.

“When a committed group of people come together who share a common goal, great things can be accomplished”
-Todd Caliva

Goals

  • Develop regional cardiac plan
  • PCI facilities will identify at least one free-standing non-PCI facility to partner with within 60 days
  • Total of transfer patients meeting D2B<120 minutes: Given lytics when deemed appropriate and transferred out within 30 minutes. Goal: 75% by the end of 2023
  • PCI hospitals will five feedback to EMS on patients 80% of the time
  • Develop community education, including a regional hands-only CPR event
  • Unified social media presence related to STEMI regional education

Events

Heart of the Matter is a community education program offering cardiac, stroke, and perinatal education. The program teaches hands-only CPR and offers blood pressure screenings. If you are interested in hosting an educational event, contact Melanie.Aluotto@setrac.org

Meeting Schedule

All Cardiac meetings will be held at the SETRAC Conference Center located at 1111 North Loop West, Suite 160, Houston Tx, 77008.

2025 Meeting Schedule

Cardiac Committee
Location: SETRAC
9:00am-10:30am
4th Friday Quarterly
January 24th
April 25th
July 25th
October 24th

Questions

If you are interested in becoming a SETRAC member please contact:
Melanie Aluotto

Notifications & Meeting Invites

Request to be added to our Cardiac or Cardiac Coordinators listserv to receive important notifications and meeting invites.

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Membership Requirements

Participation for PCI

6 annual meetings with at least 3 being cardiac committee meetings (designee accepted)

Submit data to SETRAC

Encouraged to participate in subgroup meetings

Membership Dues

Log Meeting Attendance
Request Participation Letter

Data Submission

Cardiac Database

Database Authorization Form

Data Submission Process

Data Dictionary

SETRAC Data Due Dates

PCI Centers

Stemi Centers

Regional Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
System Plan

ACS System Plan

Medical Director

(Exp. 12/31/2026)

Kevin Schulz, MD

Assistant EMS Medical Director
Houston Fire Department

Committee Chair

(Exp. 12/31/2027)

Hospital Representative

Cathy Williamson, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CNOR

Vice President, Operations

Houston Methodist Medical Center

Vice Chairs

(Exp. 12/31/2027)

Physician Representative

Waleed Kayani, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Program Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Cardiology
Harris Health Ben Taub

(Exp. 12/31/2027)

EMS Representative

Jake Varner

Field Training Officer, Clinical and Education Coordinator, Firefighter/ Paramedic
Sugar Land Fire Department

Subcommittees

QI / Data Registry

Co-leader

Cynthia Hernandez, RN, SSGB-C, CPHQ, BSN, MBA

Heart Program Coordinator
Memorial Hermann Memorial City

Coordinator

Co-leader

Carrie Boyd, MSN, RN

Heart Program Coordinator
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital

Rebecca Nutt, BSN, RN, CNOR

Heart Program Coordinator MHTW
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center

Attendance

2019 Fiscal Year

2018 Fiscal Year

2017 Fiscal Year

Resources

SETRAC Heart Healthy Community Toolkit

Pre-Hospital ECG Measure Drill-Down Instructions

Door-to-ECG in -10 Minutes Drill-Down Instructions

SETRAC CCC Engaging Hospital Administrators Andre Story 4.22.22

SETRAC CCC Cad – Risk Factors Rakesh Shah 7.22.22

Guidelines

EMS STEMI Guideline

Post Arrest Tool Kit

STEMI Treatment Order Form

Videos

STEMI Hospital Transfer