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

(more events coming soon)

Meeting Schedule

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

Dates

Cardiac Committee
Location: SETRAC
9:00am-10:30am
4th Friday
Quarterly
January 26th
April 26th
July 26th
October 25th

Notifications & Meeting Invites

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

Request Form

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

Questions

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

Meeting Attendance Form

Participation

Participation Request Form

Data Submission

Cardiac Database

Database Authorization Form

Data Submission Process

Data Dictionary

PCI Centers

Stemi Centers

Regional Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
System Plan

ACS System Plan

Medical Director

James McCarthy, MD
Medical Director of Emergency Services
Memorial Hermann TMC

Committee Chair

Kevin Schulz, MD
Assistant EMS Physician Director
Houston Fire Department

Vice Chairs

David Bernard, FACHE, MBA/MHA
Chief Executive Officer & Senior Vice President
Houston Methodist Baytown
Sanket Borgaonkar, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Houston Methodist

Subcommittees

QI / Data Registry

Co-leader

Cynthia Hernandez, RN, SSGB-C, CPHQ, BSN, MBA
Heart Program Coordinator
Memorial Hermann Memorial City

Olga Ortega, BSN, RN, CVRN-BC
STEMI Program Coordinator
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Protocol

Co-leader

Vacant

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

Education

Leader

Christy Means RN, BSN, CCCC
Cardiovascular Coordinator
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

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