dr. jerome pierson says the goal is to have a underway within 90 minutes. in a smaller community like sioux city, that can happen even faster. dr. pierson says, "i lot of times, we don't even take them off the gurney from the ambulence, [we] take them right up to the catherization labratory, onto the table and go. a lot of times we can have these arteries within 20 minutes of them entering our emergency rooms." doctors, and emt's, know it's that early intervention that saves lives... dr. pierson says, "we know that greatly reduces the amount of heart damage that's being done." and mission: lifeline gets everyone one the same page when it comes to the best care for you or a loved one. lukas: the leona m. and harry b. helmsley charitable trust is the lead funder of this initiative... mercy medical center recently got a check for 105-thousand dollars to help implement mission: lifeline. statewide... about 4 and a half million dollars have been given to hospitals and ems squads. but, each piece of equipment to perform and send about $30,000 ... the hope is to ev

dr. jerome pierson. a mercy program manager of almost 30 years says it's all about education. "if you don't know that this exhists and that it's here, it's hard to even know what to do, where to go so this is the place to be," said congestive heart failure program manager, lynett kayl. tonight at 10, ktiv's tommie clark has the story of one man who's life was saved from the mercy heart expo. mark's in now with sports - south dakota playing its final game at the dakota dome today. (mark) u-s-d, saying goodbye to the dome after 36 years. the final opponent was denver. see if the coyotes could go out with a win after the break. plus, iowa state wins without season on saturday night. but the cyclones had to do it without one of their biggest stars -- again. jameel mckay didn't see the floor in i-s-u's 92-83 win over the horned frogs. head coach steve prohm said that mckay didn't play as a coach's decision. without mckay on the floor, the cyclones got out-rebounded 43-to-31 - t-c-u came into the game in 8th place in the big 12 in rebounding. as for scoring - the rest of the team pi

dr. jerome pierson says, "we're able to pull these ekg's up and look at them and it tells us if a heart it nmal? is there something else going on that we mercy heart center pierson says the goal is to have a patient diagnosed and get treatment underway within 90 minutes. in a smaller community like sioux city, that can happen even faster. dr. pierson says, "i lot of times, we don't even take them off the gurney from the ambulence, [we] take them right up to the catherization labratory, onto the table and go. a lot of times we can have these arteries within 20 minutes of them entering our emergency rooms." doctors, and emt's, know it's that early intervention that saves lives... dr. pierson says, "we know that greatly reduces the amount of heart damage that's being done." and mission: lifeline gets everyone one the same page when it comes to the best care for you or a loved one. lukas: the leona m. and harry b. helmsley charitable trust of this initiative... mercy medical center recently got a check for 105-thousand dollars to help launch mission: lifeline. statewide... about 4 and a half m

dr. jerome pierson. one doctor who specializes in abnormal heart rates, says more people need to learn about the technology we have today. "i have seen the people who have been suffering from everything else for a long time because of a lack of education," said cardiac electrophysiologist, dr. fayaz hakim. the kelley family came for the second year in a row, and they say it means a lot. "i don't think he would be here today if we wouldn't of came a year ago and went through the seminar and the technicians discovered what they did discover and it was pretty scary," said gary kelley's wife, helen kelley. because of last year's heart expo, gary kelley found out his right carotid artery was completely blocked and his left was 95% blocked. the following day mercy got him in for an appointment and three weeks later he had life-saving surgery. "and otherwise if i wouldn't have had the surgery possibly within a period of the next 4 or 5 months i possibly could have had a stroke," said gary kelley. and now kelley

dr. jerome pierson. one doctor who specializes in abnormal heart rates, says more people need to learn about the technology we have today. "i have seen the people who have been suffering from everything else for a long time because of a lack of education," said cardiac electrophysiologist, dr. fayaz hakim. the kelley family came for the second year in a row, and they say it means a lot. "i don't think he would be here today if we wouldn't of came a year ago and went through the seminar and the technicians discovered what they did discover and it was pretty scary," said gary kelley's wife, helen kelley. because of last year's heart expo, gary kelley found out his right carotid artery was completely blocked and his left was 95% blocked. the following day mercy got him in for an appointment and three weeks later he had life-saving surgery. "and otherwise if i wouldn't have had the surgery possibly within a period of the next 4 or 5 months i possibly could have had a stroke," said gary kelley. and appreicati

dr. jerome pierson says, "we're able to pull these ekg's up and look at them and it tells us if a heart attack is occuring, is it normal? is there something else going on that we need to identify." mercy heart center director dr. jeroue pierson says the goal is to have a patient diagnosed and get treatment underway within 90 minutes. in a smaller community like sioux city, that can happen even faster. dr. pierson says, "i off the gurney from the ambulence, [we] take them right up to the catherization labratory, onto the table and go. a lot of times we can have these arteries within 20 minutes of them entering our emergency rooms." doctors, and emt's, know it's that early intervention that saves lives... dr. piern says, "we know that greatly reduces the amount of heart damage that's being done." and mission: lifeline gets everyone one the same page when it comes to the best care for you or a loved one. jenna rehnstrom the leona m. and harry b. helmsley charitable trust is the lead funder r is initiative. mercy medical center recently got a a eck for 105- thousand dollars to help implement missi

dr. jerome pierson. one doctor who specializes in abnormal heart rates, says more people need to learn about the technology we have today. "i have seen the people who have a lack of education," said cardiac electrophysiologist, dr. fayaz hakim. the kelley family came for the second year in a row, and they say it means a lot. "i don't think he would be here today if we wouldn't of came a year ago and went through the seminar and the technicians discovered what they did discover and it was pretty scary," said gary kelley's wife, helen kelley. because of last year's heart expo, gary kelley found out his right carotid artery was completely blocked and his left was 95% blocked. the following day mercy got him in for an appointment and three weeks later he had life-saving surgery. "and otherwise if i wouldn't have had the surgery possibly within a period of the next 4 or 5 months i possibly could have had a stroke," said gary kelley. and now kelley is back to show his appreication for mercy's heart center. "i'

dr. jerome pierson, mercy cardiology says, "so, they can ekg in the field on patients with appropriate symptoms, transmit the information to the hospitals, so we can activate our systems and protocal before a patient actually gets to a center." we'll have more about how mission: lifeline is being used in our area... coming up later on in our show. lukas: hy-vee stores are recalling macadamia nuts. all hy vee brand two ounce packages of macadamia nuts with a best buy date of july 10th are being recalled due to a potnential salmonella risk. all 240 of hy-vee's stores carried the product and will be providing a full refund for the product. lukas: a missouri jury has ordered johnson and johnson to pay 72 million dollars in damages in a lawsuit over its talcum powder. the suit, brought by the family of jackie fox, alleges that fox died of ovarian cancer caused by the company's product. plaintiffs in the case argued that johnson and johnson was aware of and neglected the dangers its talcum powder presented. this is the first award of damages appealing and they also released a it stands by the safety

dr. jerome pierson. doctors say it's important to know your numbers- including your blood sugar, cholestral and blood pressure. ben's here now wititthe forecastst << << << << some, including sioux city, will wake up to dense fog this morning where visibilities will be less than a mile. some of our temperatures will dip below freezing too which might cause a few roads (especially untreated ones) to become a bit slick, so plan for a slightly longerr morniig commute totoay. the rest of the day will be cloudy with highs near 40 before a disturbance moves through e area tonight which will bring some light rain perhaps swtching over to some light snow early tomorrow morning where some areas could see a quick snow dusting. the remainder of tomorrow will be on the cloudy side again with highs near 40, and that's about where most of the rest of this week's highs will be. with ththexception of another slight chance of an overnight snow shower or two wednesday night, the rest of the forecast looks dry and mild with