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Defining Appropriate Responses in a Tiered System

High Performance EMS

Some computer-aided dispatch (CAD) software did better than others by considering the average travel time of an actual route instead of allowing nearness to be determined by a straight-line distance. It was a matter of determining which crew was available closest to the scene.

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Elder Male with Syncope

EMS 12-Lead

2. Coronary angiography reveals significant and severe CAD involving all three epicardial vessels. Abnormal gated wall motion of the LV with an ejection fraction of 18%. He was taken to the Cath Lab. RCA Left Main / LAD / LCX Cath dictation 1. Moderate sedation.

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Wide Complex Tachycardia

EMS 12-Lead

He denied any known history of CAD, but did report ASCVD risk factors to include HTN, HLD, and DM. David Didlake EMT-P, RN, ACNP @DidlakeDW An adult male self-presented to the ED with palpitations and the following ECG. The patient was very uncomfortable, dyspneic, and displayed an SpO2 90% on RA.

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Quiz post: two patients with chest pain. Do either, both, or neither have OMI?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Patient 2 A man in his 50s with history of CAD and prior PCI, diabetes, presented with acute constant chest pain for the past few hours. Triage ECG: It was interpreted as lateral STEMI, and he was sent to the cath lab, where the angiogram showed unchanged CAD from known prior, with no acute culprit. He was discharged home.

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An undergraduate who is an EKG tech sees something. The computer calls it completely normal. How about the physicians?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 63 year old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, and a family history of CAD developed chest pain, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis after consuming a large meal at noon. Edited by Smith He also sent me this great case.

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An 80 year old woman with Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) and pleuritic chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient presented to an outside hospital An 80yo female per triage “patient presents with chest pain, also hurts to breathe” PMH: CAD, s/p stent placement, CHF, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker (placed 1 month earlier), LBBB. This case was sent by Amandeep (Deep) Singh at Highland Hospital, part of Alameda Health System.

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Jennifer McIntyre

FirstNet Authority

In 2002, Jennifer transitioned to the Broomfield Police Department in Colorado where she dispatched and served as an Emergency Medical Coordinator, Communications Training Officer, Public Education Coordinator, and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Project Lead.