This award represents the collective effort it takes to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Derick Aumann, director of NLH Ambulance ServiceNew London Hospital (NLH), a member of Dartmouth Health, is pleased to announce that its emergency medical services (EMS) team has received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Award for its commitment to providing rapid and research-based care to individuals experiencing the most severe forms of heart attacks and strokes, ultimately saving lives.
Mission: Lifeline EMS is AHA’s national initiative to advance the system of care for patients with high-risk, time-sensitive health emergencies such as severe heart attacks and strokes. The program helps reduce barriers to prompt treatment, starting from when 911 is called to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge.
“While this recognition is an important reflection of NLH Ambulance Service’s commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care, it’s truly a shared achievement,” says Derick Aumann, director of NLH Ambulance Service. “We could not do this without the dedication of our community partners—the responders who are first on scene and begin critical care when every second counts. This award represents the collective effort it takes to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.”
The Mission: Lifeline EMS achievement award focuses on agencies’ on-scene care, bringing the contributions to patient care of first responders the forefront.
“Arguably the most important link in the chains of survival for acute stroke and cardiovascular emergencies is EMS and prehospital professionals,” said Kacey Kronenfeld, MD, FAEMS, chair of the Mission: Lifeline EMS Taskforce. “The American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline EMS awards are an important way to recognize the crucial roles and performances of EMS personnel in stroke and cardiac patients’ care.”
To learn more about NLH and its services, visit newlondonhospital.org.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
About New London Hospital
As a member of Dartmouth Health, New London Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital serving 15 communities in the Kearsarge/Lake Sunapee region in central New Hampshire, providing primary care and specialized clinical services in a patient and family centered environment. In addition to services at the main campus in New London, primary and some secondary care is offered at the organization's Newport Health Center, a rural health center in Newport, NH. For more information, visit the New London Hospital website.