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.
In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic’s Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring
From dangerous active shooter events, to ET3, Ebola, opioids and community paramedicine, EMS providers faced many significant incidents and evolving trends in the 2010s
Every step of the way, at every interaction with a health care provider including EMTs and medics, a diagnosis is made
Here are the top things to consider when making an AED purchase
Patient with history of CABG has tachyarrhythmia and elevated troponin and wants to leave the hospital against medical advice
Consider non-cardiac causes, like aortic dissection, when assessing any chest pain patient
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who has tachyarrhythmia, an abnormal EKG and elevated troponin?
Understand the four phases of the Valsalva effect and how those phases effect a stable supraventricular tachycardia
What are the potential causes, assessments and treatments for a neonate with refractory hypoxemia?
Use the AEIOU TIPS mnemonic, along with 12-lead EKG interpretation, to identify possible causes of reduced level of consciousness
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who had a headache the night before and now has a GCS of 9?
Patient with a 3rd degree AV block needs rapid assessment and treatment to prevent deterioration in her clinical status
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who has a heart rate in 30s and needs a ride to her cardiologist’s office?
A combination of history findings, scene clues and EKG interpretation skills help paramedics quickly identify a TCA overdose
What’s your assessment and care for a suicidal patient who has ingested a mix of alcohol and medications?
Ccricoid pressure is possibly helpful in some patients and not so in others
This case illustrates the EKG changes from hyperkalemia secondary to missing dialysis
What’s your assessment and care for a patient with history of renal insufficiency and who is not feeling well?
This case explains the expected 12-lead EKG findings after successful STEMI treatment and reperfusion
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who had evidence of a STEMI, but is now pain free?
A differential diagnosis for a patient with two weeks of chest pain casts a wide net for all possible causes
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who has had two weeks of persistent chest pain?
Atrial fibrillation in WPW can lead to ventricular fibrillation so don’t delay treatment with cardioversion or medications
What’s your assessment and care for patient who has no palpable pulse, hypotension and reduced level of consciousness?
Wellens’ syndrome consists of two types of T wave changes in the anterior leads that are associated with critical LAD stenosis
What’s your assessment and care for two patients who had chest pain, but are now symptom free?
A right-sided 12-lead EKG can identify signs of a right ventricular infarct to guide patient care decisions