Cardiac Care
Explore our comprehensive directory of articles on Cardiac Care in EMS, tailored to support professionals in assessing, treating, and managing cardiac emergencies. This collection covers essential topics such as ECG interpretation, advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and the latest heart attack and arrhythmia management protocols. Mastering cardiac care is crucial for improving patient outcomes in life-threatening situations. For related content, check out our resources on Emergency Medical Procedures. Stay informed and enhance your skills in cardiac care with our expert-driven content.
POCUS, ECG and assessment findings to look for to avoid the RV spiral of death
While the CPR intervention may prove beneficial, more evidence is needed before it can become a standard of care
The emergency physicians who resuscitated Damar Hamlin share their insights into SCA and CPR training
Titrating naloxone through an intranasal dose through a nebulizer and monitoring with capnography can reduce the risks of opioid withdrawal symptoms to the patient and EMS provider
Our co-hosts sit down with Rob Theriault, a 35-year paramedic veteran, and a recent STEMI patient, who gives listeners both sides of the emergency
Beginning in 2020, Flirtey, a drone delivery service, will begin sending AEDs to cardiac arrest victims identified by 911 dispatchers
The Marines jumped into action when a man at the senior citizen Mardi Gras party they were attending went into cardiac arrest
Joe Halaska, Adam Benson and Halaska’s retired firefighter dad Mike had stopped at a resort for food when a man collapsed nearby
New research shows that while women call for help when their husbands, brothers and fathers suffer heart attacks, they do not properly act on their own
With violence against paramedics and fire-rescue personnel becoming more frequent, training must include simulations of responding to “everyday” calls gone wrong
Exploring unique prehospital approaches to RVF treatment, including double sequential defibrillation, sympathetic blockade and ECMO
Stacie Logan, 29, collapsed while running on a treadmill and was in cardiac arrest for about six minutes while staff members and strangers performed CPR on her
While exposed to the same on-the-job dangers as their male colleagues, female firefighters, EMTs and paramedics have different levels of risks
Stephen Greene’s family is suing after two dispatchers turned down the volume and missed 13 emergency calls made by rehabilitation staff members
“I just didn’t think that would happen to me,” Don Hauge, a 38-year EMS veteran, said
Lori Gentry performed CPR on her husband James after he collapsed from a reaction to his new medication
Paramedic Marc McGree and Undersheriff George Skuletich received the Copper Heart Hero Award for saving Jim Paffhausen after he went into cardiac arrest
There is no silver bullet for cardiac arrest care, just silver buckshot
Tony Rutland and Jerome Roberts were awarded for refusing to allow a patient to decline medical care shortly before the patient went into cardiac arrest
Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change
The lawsuit claims workers waited about 25 minutes before calling 911 after Thomas Becker fell ill, even though there’s a fire station about a half-mile away
The officers used an AED found in all Newburyport police cruisers to revive a woman whose heart stopped beating shortly before she crashed her car
Brad Carroll and Jerry Donaldson received the STEMI Star Award after identifying and treating a STEMI patient within 18 minutes
Officers Austin Battcher, Ben Norris and Jesse Bratcher gave 6-week-old Avery CPR after her parents called 911
Three firefighter-paramedics were stopping to get coffee when they were stopped by a friend of Janice Winter, who was about to go into cardiac arrest
Know when to stop, how much assistance to provide and how to hand off patient care to responding authorities
Johnny McCabe was treated by the fire chief and his fellow firefighters after he collapsed
Do you know the most current protocols for treating arrhythmia, cardiac arrest and other heart conditions?
Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security and a sudden cardiac arrest survivor, advocates for EMS at NAEMSP 2019 Annual Meeting
Paramedic Del Black and EMT Gregg Shearer were training museum employees in CPR when Don Mahoney collapsed while volunteering at the same place
Fire department officials said the passengers made a split-second decision to leap from the moving vehicle in order to avoid crashing into trees
The research aims to show that the gas known as xenon lessens brain injury in successfully resuscitated cardiac arrest patients
A man who experienced cardiac arrest at his home is alive today thanks to his wife, who started CPR as she waited for first responders to arrive
