Cardiac Care
The cardiac care topic brings together a range of resources, articles, education, training and safety tips for EMS providers to be prepared to treat patients suffering from cardiac arrest and chest pain.
Nitroglycerin or 鈥淣itro鈥� is a commonly encountered medication for EMS, but it may not work the way you think or do what you think it does
Both sinus arrests and sinus exit blocks are characterized by an irregular rhythm associated with pauses; which is it?
Consistently following a process to analyze a patient鈥檚 ECG will help you correctly identify their cardiac rhythm
Don Plakon met the Seminole County paramedics who responded to his cardiac arrest call
An engine from Chuckawalla Valley State Prison/Ironwood State Prison Fire Station, staffed with two incarcerated firefighters, responded to a child鈥檚 cardiac arrest call
Learn and follow these steps to accurately auscultate blood pressure quickly and easily
Cardiologist Barry Ramo, founder of Project Heart Start, started compressions on the woman as 200-300 people were engaged in training
Mitigate NIBP and auscultating innacuracies by watching the plethysmography waveform on your pulse oximeter and noting the mean arterial pressure
Steve Whitehead shares the most important number on your cardiac monitor
Avive has rapidly built an expansive and diverse customer base, delivering its FDA-approved, award-winning AED technology across all 50 states
Try these six tips to take some of the pressure off of getting a blood pressure
Instead of 鈥渞ules鈥� you have been taught to distinguish sinus tach and SVT, follow these assessment and ECG interpretation tips
The Vegas Has a Heart event detected ECG irregularities in two athletes
Eliminate EKG rhythms until there is only one probable interpretation
Jasper County officials aim to focus on providing countywide ALS certification, service to every citizen
Lincoln Fire & Rescue hosted a Resuscitation Academy workshop for cardiac arrest training
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
Rialto firefighters stated they were following COVID-19 guidelines when they refused to enter as a patient was in cardiac arrest
The Normal Fire Department announced that paramedic-level care is now on all of its front-line fire engines
Spokane high school teammates Brody Graham and Grant Lichfield sprung into action when their coach suffered a cardiac arrest
Alisa Grubbs had just warmed up and started stretching when she suddenly collapsed
Throughout the years, Lois and Arn Hart have given their time and money to the communities they live in
The lawsuit claims the Nuvance ambulance EMTs were not trained nor capable of providing proper care, treatment and monitoring
When it became clear the woman鈥檚 heart rate was dangerously unstable, the jail staff used a defibrillator to restore her heartbeat to a normal rhythm
Focus on what you can identify within an ECG tracing, rather than the criteria
Brad Holyoak visited the Spokane Valley firehouse to thank his rescuers
Katie Young was able to thank Northampton Regional EMS and Catasauqua Fire Department personnel for their quick response
