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Complexity

NAEMSP

Call was made to the Fire Department (or EMS, as 911 did not exist), a response was dispatched, units arrived on scene, they provided whatever assessment and treatment were appropriate (rudimentary by today’s standards), they notified the hospital, and they transported. It wasn’t simple, but it was fairly linear.

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Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

ECG & Echo Learning

IIa C Pre-hospital logistics Management Recommendation Level of evidence The pre-hospital care of STEMI patients should be organized regionally (including all components from the emergency medical dispatch to catheterization laboratory) in order to provide reperfusion therapy as early as possible. I C Pain Titrated i.v.

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