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.
Three outdated paradigms holding EMS back
The West Allis Fire Department is educating its community and improving OHCA survival rates
Protect patients from over-ventilation and pulmonary injury with a bag-valve-mask that helps regulate rate and volume
EMT skills we wish would make a comeback (or not)
Research suggests that high blood pressure without any other emergency symptoms is cause for a doctor visit, not a trip on the ambulance
Surveillance video shows inmates yelling for help after their lone guard slumped to the ground from sudden cardiac arrest
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS
Learn to distinguish and verify electrical and mechanical capture when using a transcutaneous pacemaker on a patient with symptomatic bradycardia
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
Use this hands-on training exercise to improve equipment familiarity, reinforce medication cross-check processes and increase provider confidence to treat sick kids
The medic performed CPR and applied a defibrillator to restore the man’s pulse
Two CPR instructors left their classroom to perform CPR until paramedics arrived
The controversy over Lockport’s ambulance service took another turn as the council gave the fire department a green light for ALS service
Gradually increasing the volume of alarm tones will reduce fatigue, tachycardia and potentially long-term physical and psychological disorders
After years of running fire-based ALS, the city laid off dozens of firefighters and got out of the ambulance business in 2014
Brothers, Stan and Dominique Larkin, relied on external total artificial hearts before successful heart transplants
Paramedics responded for a “cardiac arrest” after the woman had been hit in the chest by the umbrella
Capt. Les Fryman and firefighter-paramedic Sean Davenport got ROSC on woman attending the AHA ECC meeting with them
The fire chief said it would not tread on agreement with ambulance company, AMT
The updated alarms yield lower heart rates and can prevent cardiac arrest in firefighters
Corey Shawn Pittman, 41, remembered for his skills as a caregiver and energetic critical care instruction
The man drove up to the station and honked his horn before going into cardiac arrest
EMS agencies should promote public involvement in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use to improve community health
An off-duty firefighter has been credited with keeping the child alive and getting quick medical help to the others
Michael Linley has made a career teaching and saving others, but now he needs an automatic internal cardiac defibrillator
End-tidal carbon dioxide is an irrefutable indication for any type of airway adjunct
For eight years, the annual event has united cardic arrest and heart attack survivors with the EMTs who saved their lives
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