Mission: Lifeline®  EMS

Participate in the Mission!
The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS program focuses on the quality of care and outcomes for prehospital stroke and heart attack patients by connecting all care components into a seamlessly integrated care system. Key tenets of these systems of care reinforce evidence-based guidelines and measure performance, identify gaps, and engage in quality improvement.


"Mission: Lifeline helps with the biggest goal of  keeping patients out of the hospital with preventative care."

Vanessa Cambria-Mengel Chest Pain Center Coordinator

Why Participate?

Prehospital personnel are the first care providers to patients suffering from acute heart and stroke emergencies. Your role in the care system for these patients is crucial and often sets the course for the patient’s outcome.

Ways to Participate

Measures

The Mission: Life EMS Award Measure Criteria are developed using National EMS Information System data values. 

Quality Certification Tool (QCT)

The QCT portal is where your agency’s EMS data can be kept in one place. The portal will streamline the process so you can save your information, access your application, and retrieve your recognition kit.

Recognition

Mission: Lifeline EMS recognition is a program designed to showcase prehospital agencies nationwide for excellence in heart attack and stroke care.

New Ways to be Recognized

2024 Mission: Lifeline EMS recognition (based on 2023 data) marks the addition of required stroke measures. With the new recognition program structure, eligibility is available for transporting and non-transporting prehospital agencies.

The Target Heart Attack System of Care and Target Stroke System of Care designation focuses on coordinated systems of care between prehospital agencies and the destination hospital for STEMI and stroke. For an agency to be eligible it must first meet the criteria of the Mission: Lifeline EMS Award (Gold, Silver, or Bronze)

2024 Mission Lifeline EMS Award Winners

2024 Award Winners

How it Works

Application Period

  • Closes May 31st - Midnight Central Time
  • Applications will be submitted via AHA’s Quality & Certification Tool (QCT) portal.
  • Optional Office Hours (bring your application questions) - After the initial training – sessions will be scheduled where you can ask specific, individual questions about your application. Data reviews are available upon request by emailing [email protected].
How to Apply

If you were unable to attend the webinar you can access the webinar recording and materials through the registration link by re-registering. You can also view the webinar slide deck. Review the following documents:
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The Mission: Lifeline Network 

Join the Mission: Lifeline® Network and engage with prehospital partners and hospitals participating in Mission: Lifeline.
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