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.
Paramedic and ACLS instructor Jay Van Zeeland summarizes the ACLS protocols
Chris and Kelly tackle public access defibrillation and EMT safety
It took police, firefighters and EMS working together to get this patient to the ambulance
Rhonda Harrill teamed up with Rep. Bob Ramsay and AMR to get a bill passed that requires all Tennessee public high schools to have AEDs
EMS benchmarks can help drive STEMI care improvements through data-driven improvements and hospital collaboration
“I am very happy and surprised and happy to see him up and going as well as he is, it’s pretty amazing,” paramedic John Graves said
New American Heart Association guidelines call for instant feedback on compression depth, rate and chest recoil in CPR training modules
Basic versus advanced EMS training and care continue to evolve
A case report said that a man was showing unusual signs of conscious awareness while a medical team performed CPR on him after he suffered cardiac arrest
Tawanda Murphy-Watkins jumped from her car after seeing Victoria Wolf fall off her bike in the middle of rush hour traffic
Take these steps to get quality sleep to protect against mental and physical health effects
Sherry Groover’s lawyer said the “defendants failed to take action” when Groover’s brother suffered a fatal heart attack in 2014
The International Association of Fire Chiefs cited the PulsePoint app as a way to utilize responders and bystanders to increase sudden cardiac arrest survival
Mark Greczkowski presented an AED to Lowe’s after his father, who works at the store, went into cardiac arrest while on the job
Steve Martin, a 21-year veteran paramedic, was talking to his son when he heard someone knock at the door for help
Christiana Corrado was at a 7-Eleven when she saw the car crash into a transformer and noticed that the driver was slumped over and in apparent cardiac arrest
The police officers were driving by when they noticed a commotion around Ron Gargalowitz, who had gone into cardiac arrest while walking with his family
Decatur County Fire and Rescue firefighter-EMT Adam Taylor, 30, went into cardiac arrest shortly after going home due to chest pains
In addition to creating the 4AlecFoundation to raise awareness for undetected heart disease, Stephanie Kornet also won a national contest by sharing her son’s story
Platte County voted to purchase seven automated defibrillators that can save lives of members of the public and employees who suddenly suffer cardiac arrest
Robert Cordani responded to a medical call for a neighbor suffering from cardiac arrest and began to perform CPR before collapsing from cardiac arrest himself
County officials are investigating why an ambulance was dispatched for the second 911 call and not the first
Heather Fleming, a 34-year-old intensive care nurse, was in a morning spin class when a fellow spinner collapsed and appeared to go into cardiac arrest
Save a Life for Scotland, a campaign by the Scottish government to raise CPR awareness, created the video in an effort to teach 500,000 people CPR
Julie Ross said when she arrived at the scene of her husband Ty’s heart attack, she found he had been left in the road for at least three hours after he died
Jessica Pichette said she thought her husband, Capt. Luke Pichette, was having a stroke when he began making strange noises before bed
The message now to medical personnel – and the public – is to stay on the scene and focus on high-quality CPR
Dispatcher Chris Damkot used the Medical Priority Dispatch System to instruct Sharon Zielke’s boyfriend on how to perform CPR on her
Quiz yourself on case studies presented at the Gathering of the Eagles that demonstrate some of the unique effects drugs can have on the heart
A national database examining five metrics in evidence-based care gives EMS a framework to improve tactics, efficiency, outcomes and resource allocation
Les Morgan’s son, Assistant Chief Kyle Morgan, jumped into action when Les went into cardiac arrest while on a call
An American Heart Association study found that the longer it takes responders to arrive, the greater a patient benefits from a bystander-administered AED shock
