Patient cool, clammy, diaphoretic with sudden crushing chest pain, family history of MI. We do a 12-Lead ECG. If the 12-lead shows ST elevation of ≥1 mm in 2 contiguous limb leads or 2 mm of ST segment elevation in 2 contiguous precordial leads, we take the patient to a hospital capable of percutaneous coronary…
Check out this NPR radio podcast: Do You Think Your Heart is Healthy? I was fortunate enough to be asked to be one of three guests on the Colin McEnroe Show this week. I was on to talk about what people can do during a cardiac emergency from a paramedic’s perspective. Thanks to Colin and…
“What’s a STEMI?” My partner is a retired police officer, who works once a week. He asks because just the day before, his neighbor was whisked off the cardiac cath table just before he was to have a scheduled procedure when the doctor said they had an emergency STEMI coming in. Little does my partner…