Identifying an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Part 1

There are more than eight million cardiac calls that arrive to the hospital in the United States each year. Nearly one million of the cases may have an acute coronary syndrome. About a third of those cases will have a myocardial infarction. Here’s a refresher on how we as EMS providers can play a role in saving lives.

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Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 11, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Patient Care Patient Care Videos Training Videos Cardiac Arrest Master Your Medics Source Type: news