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South Carolina Stroke System of Care

In 2011, legislation was passed to enact the "Stroke System of Care Act of 2011" to establish a statewide system of stroke care, which requires the Department of Public Health to recognize hospitals that are certified to be primary stroke centers and to authorize recognition of acute stroke capable centers and provide emergency medical services providers a list of primary stroke centers, stroke enabled centers through telemedicine, and other certified programs, as they come available.

Heart Attack Warning Signs

What is a Heart Attack?

A heart attack occurs when an artery that carries blood to your heart becomes blocked, usually by a blood clot. If this clot cuts off the blood flow completely, the part of your heart muscle supplied by the blocked artery begins to die. Damage to the heart muscle increases the longer you delay treatment.

Stroke

Stroke is South Carolina's 5th Biggest Killer.

  • 20,879: The number of emergency department visits for stroke in South Carolina in 2022.
  • 17,765: The number of hospitalizations for stroke in South Carolina in 2022.
  • $1.5 billion: The total hospitalization charges due to stroke in South Carolina in 2022. 

What is a Stroke?

A stroke is an emergency! A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

Heart Disease

Heart Disease is South Carolina's Leading Cause of Death

  • 11,385- The number of people who died from heart disease in South Carolina in 2020.
  • Heart Disease accounted for 75,886 hospitalizations in South Carolina in 2020.
  • Total hospitalization charges of more than $6.8 billion related to heart disease. 

What is Heart Disease?

Heart disease is a broad term that refers to several types of heart conditions.

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