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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month

High Performance EMS

( Spoiler alert, we have a pretty good idea of that number through the existing use of the Emergency AED Registry. Participating public safety agencies recommend more than 1,000 nearby AEDs for approximately 800 cardiac arrest events every day! View live stats for the registry here.

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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.

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