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.
Learn how real-time BVM feedback can help you improve patient care for cardiac arrest, TBI and other critical conditions
Practice these 3 scenarios where CPR feedback can be beneficial to help your providers achieve and maintain quality compressions and resuscitation in a variety of situations
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To determine the barriers to timely STEMI treatment in rural areas, a team of researchers conducted a web-based survey of 65 critical access hospitals in Nebraska
Paramedics’ ability to identify STEMI by interpreting prehospital ECGs is inconsistent, research finds
Compression depth increased from 1.78 to 2.15 inches; pre-shock pause decreased from 27 to 16 seconds; and mean ventilation rate fell from nearly 12 to 9.5 per minute
A free 79-page guide is loaded with videos, actual audio of calls and interactive resources aimed at improving survivability of one of the nation’s leading causes of death
Over the course of a decade, the program has grown to include 21 PCI hospitals in the state, about 100 referring hospitals and more than 500 EMS agencies
Grant funded program aims to improve bystander CPR and cardiac arrest survival in Bozeman, Mont.
Sudden cardiac arrest researchers from 10 North American communities investigate prehospital interventions for sudden cardiac arrest
AMR follows collaborative process to identify treatments, assessments that make the most difference to patient health and satisfaction
Complex and life-dependent systems often fail in their reliance on experience and professionalism alone
Despite injuries after their ambulance flipped when hit by a wrong-way driver, they continued working on the boy who had suffered cardiac arrest
A man died of a heart attack on a Southwest flight; his wife said there was a defibrillator on board but it wasn’t used because her husband’s chest was too hairy
Former AHA president: “It’s been at least a decade since we’ve had a breakthrough of this magnitude”
Officials are encouraging CPR and AED training after a county treasurer went into cardiac arrest at her office
Learn hands-only CPR to deliver chest compressions to a person who is unresponsive
The garbage collector wants to find and thank the mystery medic who saw him collapse from a heart attack and began CPR
A cash-strapped Calif. hospital specializing in heart health stopped its emergency ambulance services, and family members say Booker Williams died because paramedics couldn’t bring him there
You respond to a 57-year-old male who felt a sudden onset of chest pressure. What is your differential diagnosis?
Heart attack patients bypass the ER and are sent directly to the catheterization lab, where an awaiting doctor is prepared to provide care
Patients whose hearts stop will be given salt water instead of adrenalin in an “ethically questionable” study to see whether adrenalin works in resuscitation
Thirteen defibrillators will be strategically placed throughout Kings Bay and the staff will trained in proper use
There’s no evidence that putting more paramedics on the street provides better pre-hospital care, and it may worsen it
The five-year deal gives Chicago medics and firefighters an 11 percent raise plus back pay
He was working out when the app PulsePoint alerted him on his phone that someone in the parking oh his health club had suffered sudden cardiac arrest
A councilman proposed using a $450K grant over three years to buy 60 defibrillators and place them in public buildings across the county
Survival was highest when the pause was less than 20 seconds, and research supports the AHA recommendation to minimize interruptions in chest compressions
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