Pridestar Trinity EMS is nationally recognized for its commitment to quality care for heart attacks and strokes in the Greater Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire.

 The American Heart Association presents the Mission: Lifeline^® EMS Bronze achievement award for proven dedication to ensuring access to best practices and life-saving care.

 LOWELL, MA 2024 –  Pridestar Trinity EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline^® EMS Bronze achievement award for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks and strokes, ultimately saving lives.

Emergency Medical Services staff can begin treatment when they arrive — up to an hour sooner than if someone goes to the hospital by car. EMS staff are also trained to provide resuscitation efforts to someone whose heart has stopped. People who arrive by ambulance may also receive faster treatment at the hospital.

Mission: Lifeline EMS^® is the American Heart Association’s national initiative to advance the system of care for patients with high-risk, time-sensitive disease states, 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. Optimal care for heart attack and stroke patients takes coordination between the individual prehospital providers and healthcare systems.

“Arguably the most important link in the chains of survival for acute stroke and cardiovascular emergencies is emergency medical services and prehospital professionals,” said Edward Jauch, M.D., MS, MBA, Chair of the Department of Research at the University of North Carolina Health Sciences at Mountain Area Health Center. “Early condition identification, stabilization and prehospital interventions, and initiation of actions within the regional systems of care provide patients with the best chance for receiving expedient definitive therapies leading to optimal outcomes and maximized quality of life.

“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.”

The Mission: Lifeline EMS achievement award focuses on agencies’ on-scene care, bringing to the forefront the collaboration and contributions to patient care for prehospital providers.

“Pridestar Trinity EMS is honored to be recognized by the American Heart Association for our dedication to providing optimal care for heart attack patients,” said David Green, Director of Clinical Services and Education. “The Mission: Lifeline program puts proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis, so patients have the best possible chance of survival.”

About Pridestar Trinity EMS

Pridestar Trinity EMS is a locally owned and operated 911 emergency and non-emergency transportation company with roots as far back as 1991. With the acquisition of Trinity EMS by PRIDEStar EMS in 2021, our merged companies have multiple locations along the 495 corridor, making Pridestar Trinity the premiere provider of EMS services in Northeast Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire.

Our company combines the latest advances in patient transportation and medical care with the tried and true traditions of compassion, service, and integrity that have been the hallmark of the medical profession since its earliest days. We provide a high level of care using an experienced and dedicated staff along with the latest innovations in EMS technology available today.

For more information, visit Pridestartrinity.com

About Mission: Lifeline

Mission: Lifeline EMS® recognition is the American Heart Association’s program that recognizes prehospital emergency agencies for their quality of care for heart attack and stroke patients. The recognition program focuses on transforming care quality by connecting all heart attack and stroke 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.

For more information, visit heart.org.