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THE ANSWERS:

(OR AS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM, THE FACTS.)

Indisputable Fact #1
Redmond is the only area hospital with complete heart care, 24/7.
Floyd Medical Center does not perform heart surgery.

Indisputable Fact #2
Redmond began performing interventional cardiology in 1986.
Floyd Medical Center began performing interventional cardiology in 2009.

Indisputable Fact #3
Redmond has 24 years of open heart surgery experience.
No other hospital in Northwest Georgia is qualified to perform open heart surgery.

Indisputable Fact #4
Redmond is a research hospital, performing cardiac research and clinical trials.
The next closest cardiac research hospitals are in Atlanta, GA and Chattanooga, TN.

Indisputable Fact #5
Redmond has a designated Surgical heart ICU.
Redmond is the only area hospital with this specialized unit.

Indisputable Fact #6
Redmond has 12 cardiologists on medical staff.
Combined, these physicians boast over 182 years of practice at Redmond.

Indisputable Fact #7
Redmond has 4 cardiothoracic surgeons on medical staff.
Combined, these physicians boast over 53 years of practice at Redmond.

Indisputable Fact # 8
Redmond's Cardiovascular Surgery Unit has 29 nurses specifically trained in cardiovascular surgery care with over 253 combined years of experience.
Each nurse a patient interacts with on this unit has on average more than 8 years of cardiovascular surgery experience.

Indisputable Fact #9
Redmond has performed 500+ open heart surgeries every year since 1993.
With open heart surgeries performed everyday at Redmond, our team is seasoned and prepared to care for this community.

Indisputable Fact #10
Redmond has 1 Cardiologist that works as an Electrophysiologist in a dedicated EP Lab and has performed over 5,000 cases.
No other area hospital has this capability.

Indisputable Fact #11
Redmond has a 60 minute average door to balloon time.*
The national goal is 90 minutes or less.

Indisputable Fact #12
Area hospitals transferred 600+ heart patients to Redmond last year.
Area hospitals depend on Redmond to take care of the toughest cardiac cases.

Indisputable Fact #13
Redmond has 6 cath labs, able to care for multiple cardiac patients at one time.
Floyd Medical Center has 2 cath labs.

Indisputable Fact #14
Redmond's ER can receive EKGs from ambulances and prepare for heart patients before they arrive at the hospital.
No other area hospital has this cutting-edge technology.

Indisputable Fact #15
Redmond has treated over 150,000 heart patients.
Redmond has treated as many heart patients as there are applications in Apple's App Store.

Indisputable Fact #16
Out of over 4500 hospitals, Redmond was recognized as a Top 100 Best in Value hospital.**
No other Georgia hospital surpassed this ranking.

Indisputable Fact #17
Redmond is Joint Commission accredited for heart attack care.
Redmond is the only facility in the area with this accreditation.

Indisputable Fact #18
Redmond is fully accredited as a Chest Pain Center with PCI designation.***
Floyd Medical Center's heart program is not chest pain accredited.

Indisputable Fact #19
Redmond's Cardiac Step Down Unit has 68 nurses with 708 combined years of cardiac experience.
Each nurse a cardiac patient interacts with on this unit has, on average, over 10 years of cardiac specific experience.

Indisputable Fact #20
Redmond has 35 years of cardiac experience, opening its doors in 1972.
This is the same year Atari kicked off the first generation of video games with the release of PONG.

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* Door to Balloon is the time from when a cardiac patient enters the hospital to when the blood flow is restored to the artery.
** As recognized by Data Advantage in 2009.
*** As recognized by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.