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We do not collect patients who arrive in CCU for post procedure care post [[angio]] '''only because the pre and post angio area is closed'''.
We do not collect patients who arrive in CCU for post procedure care post [[angio]] '''only because the pre and post angio area is closed'''.


== STEMI code for From/To slots ==
== Paper notation for primary angios ==
Some heart attack patients are admitted straight to the heart cath lab without being admitted to the. See [[STEMI]] for collection instructions for such patients.


On the paper log sheet we put a small heart figure to indicate all primary angios in the admit-from space but you also need to put where the patient was just prior, which is also written in this space.
On the paper log sheet we put a small heart figure to indicate all primary angios in the admit-from space but you also need to put where the patient was just prior, which is also written in this space.