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.
Formalized neonatal training, repetition and equipment can account for the low frequency but high stakes of these resuscitation scenarios
Use of capnography is charging ahead for more accurate prehospital diagnoses and care
Every second counts in the prehospital environment, so it’s critical that EMS providers stay on top of the latest skills and strategies for saving lives
Will diisregard territories to provide faster response to victims
Medics delivered CPR to the midfielder
Stanley Niedzwiki saved the three lives by coaching callers over the phone to administer CPR until help arrived
Several new products were introduced here for 1st time anywhere and have enormous potential
This year’s show in Baltimore saw a number of highlights
Researchers wanted to know if a post-resuscitation 12-lead ECG could accurately predict who actually needs ECA and who does not
Thank goodness for folks like Kate Kerwin, who saw past the BS and pushed long and hard to get the law changed
Base officials identified the Marine Monday afternoon as Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Long
A comprehensive examination of epinephrine and its prehospital uses, administration routes, doses and pharmacology
Follow these tips to make BLS Healthcare Provider class memorable and effective for students
Paramedics were called to treat the man at the restaurant
The smartphone and iPad app, found under the keyword search of “PulsePoint,” is free for anyone to use
Too often, paramedics think of the 12-lead EKG as just one of the things to check off the list
Thanks to the therapeutic hypothermia protocol, she suffered no brain damage
Defribillator, quick thinking save man after sudden cardiac arrest
Ski patrol workers arrived within 1 minute of fall to give first aid; victim was pronounced dead about 2 hours later
The majority of the approximately 350,000 people who have cardiac arrest in the US each year are assessed by emergency medical service (EMS) providers
During the 39-month study period, paramedics treated 4,130 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
The group, established by physical education teacher David Deremian in the fall, gathered in the library to celebrate raising nearly $2,500 to purchase an AED for their school
“Bystander CPR is clearly linked to improved cardiac-arrest survival rates”
Boy, 15, was pulled from water at East Hartford High School on Jan. 11; bystander performed CPR, but teen was pronounced dead at hospital
PVA attacks can precipitate cardiac rhythm disturbances such as AV blocks, asystole, or ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Franklin Memorial Hospital launches internal review over the claims
Handheld AfibAlert can determine with 94% accuracy whether patient’s heart is in atrial fibrillation in roughly 45 seconds
Results prompt fear that people who need, will benefit from statins will be scared away from using them, doctors say
Several studies that review death from anaphylaxis say delay in administering epinephrine equates with increasing mortality.
You’d better get out your handkerchief: an old EMS tradition is fading fast
We’ve seen a range of things happen to our industry and agencies in the past 12 months
Girls learned CPR from from watching “Grey’s Anatomy”
