Have you ever heard of a phrase called "door-to-balloon time"?
This is the time interval between patient's arrival and the start of angioplasty using balloons in the case of heart attack.
It is no secret that time matters in the management of acute myocardial infarction. The shorter the door-to-balloon time is, the better the outcome is,
because myocardium starts dying gradually and steadily since the culprit
lesion of the coronary artery is occluded.
Actually, in the medical insurance in Japan, the hospital income is higher with a door-to-balloon time of 90 minutes or shorter than over 90 minutes among patients with acute myocardial infarction.
By the way, bed-to-door time, which is the period between I get up and leave home in the morning, is also important to me. Since there have been so many things to do on my plate, I have to go to my office as early as could.
My bed-to-door time is usually about 20 minute, when I change my clothes, blush my teeth, and shave my face.
I am sorry that I do not have enough time to eat breakfast and read the newspaper.