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.
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Heart disease is a leading killer in the U.S. – are your cardiac care skills up to the task?
Coordinating care across EMS, the ED, cath lab, ICU and even rehabilitation can improve outcomes with ECMO
Teammate Terry Backman was there to save him, on the same field in the same park, when he collapsed from a heart attack last summer, and again last Sunday
Twenty-six minutes ticked by as medics raced around searching for the woman in distress, she was found unconscious from cardiac arrest and declared brain dead
The three year experiment to let the fire department run ALS calls is still a point of controversy despite good results
The 80-year-old woman was pronounced dead from a heart attack; morticians later found her body face down with bruises and determined she woke up and injured herself trying to free herself from the body bag
Technology like an iPhone app to locate AEDs connects non-responders to life-saving knowledge
Medics can use a new sensor and app to get ECG data on-the-fly from electrical impulses in patients’ fingertips
He had been using an external defibrillator with a batter pack, and was the first to receive an implant of the ‘no touch’ device that doesn’t touch the heart
He’s enlisting high school students to play the game locate them all, and plans to create a master list for the region
Her grandfather collapsed after snowblowing; Shelby Morgan kept her composure and began the chest compressions she just learned at school
A race volunteer and EMT in another city rushed over and didn’t feel a pulse; he’s concerned medics didn’t start CPR but they say she did have a pulse
He decided the benefits outweighed the risks of possibly fatal bleeding, and saved a heart attack victim who ‘died’ four times
Doctors used oxygen, chest compressions and a defibrillator to successfully bring rhythm back to his heart, six months after had a procedure for an irregular beat
An unknown EMT who was participating in the walk stopped and began CPR on the man; a trooper also grabbed an AED and used it on the man until an ambulance arrived
Rather than delivering a lecture that reteaches existing knowledge, use the time for case review and discussion
The ambulance crashed into a deputy’s vehicle that stopped to block traffic at an intersection; the cardiac arrest patient died
More than 150 attendees took part in the half-day Resuscitation Academy presented at EMS Today
A small amount of additional sugar significantly increases heart disease risk
Endotracheal intubation is a definitive method of airway control, but prehospital use may lead to complications
Her father suffered a heart attack across the street from a firehouse; the firefighters stayed put, another ambulance got lost, and the city worker died
Citing leadership failures, the town council says it asked South Windsor Ambulance Corp to add advanced life support services for years but it never happened
His wife, also a medic, said she didn’t want life support before falling into a vegetative state, but a law requires an expectant mother be kept alive until her fetus is delivered
EMTs can now provide advanced life support even if they’re assigned to basic level ambulance services
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As EMTs, we sometimes have the privilege and responsibility of helping people die
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