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Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

Dispatch. To be more specific, "AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AT EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH." The PEC podcast team has been working hard over the past month to bring in 2020 with new research and new partnerships (stay tuned for that!) Click here to download today!

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month

High Performance EMS

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, so High Performance EMS and PulsePoint are encouraging everyone to locate and register Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). In The Villages® (Sumter County, FL), residents use AED-needed alerts for immediate awareness of neighbors needing defibrillators.

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Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

ECG & Echo Learning

1 Initial diagnosis of STEMI ECG Management Recommendation Level of evidence A 12-lead ECG should be interpreted immediately (within 10 minutes) at first medical contact. I B ECG monitoring should start immediately and a defibrillator must be ready. STEMI , ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction ).

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