Chest pain center in Derry, New Hampshire
When minutes count, our emergency team can provide rapid care.
A heart attack can cause permanent, and even life-threatening, damage. At Parkland Medical Center, we meet rigorous national standards to provide you and your loved ones with prompt assessment, diagnosis and treatment in the event of cardiac arrest.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Cardiac treatments and services we offer
Our emergency physicians, surgeons, nurses and technicians will collaborate on your cardiac care to promote the best possible outcomes.
Risk factors for a heart attack
Understanding your unique risk for a heart attack is the first step to maintaining your health. You are at risk if you smoke or have the following health factors:
- Diabetes
- Family history of heart disease
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
Signs of a heart attack
You should immediately call 911 if you recognize these symptoms of a heart attack:
- Breaking out in a cold sweat
- Dizziness
- Extreme fatigue
- Lightheadedness
- Nausea
- Pain or discomfort in your arms, lower chest, back, neck, jaw or stomach
- Shortness of breath
- Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest that lasts more than a few minutes
- Upper back pressure, or feeling like a rope is squeezing you
Heart attack symptoms in women
While chest pain is the most common sign of a heart attack, women are more likely to experience other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and back or jaw pain.
Coordinated heart attack treatment
Designated by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), we are an Accredited Chest Pain Center. ACC also recognizes us for our excellence in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a leading-edge procedure used to treat blocked arteries in the heart.
The median time between arrival in our emergency room (ER) and a procedure to open a blockage is under an hour, which is well within the American Heart Association’s (AHA) standard of ninety minutes. We are proud to be able to:
- Address heart attack symptoms with medication, cardiac stenting and angioplasty
- Certify the competency and training of our cardiologists and other heart care personnel
- Connect you to additional resources, including cardiac rehabilitation
- Continually improve processes within our cardiology program
- Integrate our hospital emergency room with the local emergency medical system
- Keep you in our care until we’re certain about your cardiac health
- Minimize the time between identifying heart attack symptoms and providing treatment
- Provide care for low-risk acute coronary syndrome
- Receive alerts from emergency responders that allow us to prepare for your arrival
- Support community outreach efforts and heart attack education
- Treat you during the window of time when the integrity of your heart muscle can be preserved