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Title Prehospital management of acute STEMI : practical approaches and international strategies for early intervention / Edgardo Escobar, Alejandro Barbagelata, volume editors ; Joseph S. Alpert, Lynne T. Braun, Barbara J. Fletcher, Gerald Fletcher, editors-in-chief
Published Minneapolis, Minnesota : Cardiotext Publishing, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series The cardiovascular team approach ; volume 2
Cardiovascular team approach ; v. 2
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Editors-in-Chief; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Increasing Importance of Prehospital Care of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Part 1: Program Development for Prehospital STEMI Care Systems: Focus on the United States Experience; Chapter 1: Delays and Decision Points in Prehospital STEMI Management Systems; INTRODUCTION; PATIENT DELAY-EARLY SYMPTOM RECOGNITION; SYSTEM DELAY-FIRST MEDICAL CONTACT, DOOR-TO-BALLOON, AND DOOR-IN DOOR-OUT; PREHOSPITAL ECG
FALSE ACTIVATION-THE "COLLATERAL DAMAGE" OF REDUCING TIME TO REPERFUSIONSYSTEMS OF CARE-THE AHA MISSION: LIFELINE® PROGRAM STEMI NETWORKS; CARDIAC ARREST IN STEMI-TIME IS LIFE: EXTENDING THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL; PREHOSPITAL FIBRINOLYSIS OR PHARMACOINVASIVE THERAPY IN THE REAL WORLD-WHY IT DOES NOT WORK IN THE UNITED STATES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: The Time Dilemma and Decision Making for Prehospital Fibrinolysis, Hospital Fibrinolysis, and/or Transfer to a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Center; INTRODUCTION; "TIME IS MUSCLE" AND THE "GOLDEN HOUR" FOR REPERFUSION
THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS WITH ANTICIPATED DELAY TO PPCI OF> 90 TO 120 MINUTESADJUNCTIVE PREHOSPITAL PHARMACOTHERAPY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Prehospital ECG Acuisition/Interpretation; INTRODUCTION; ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY; ECG ACQUISITION; INTERPRETATION ACCURACY; BENEFITS OF ECG TELEMEDICINE FOR TRIAGE AND MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES; FUTURE OF THE PREHOSPITAL ECG AND TELEMEDICINE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ECG Pitfalls in Early Recognition of STEMI; INTRODUCTION; PREVALENCE OF BENIGN NISTE; "CONCAVE" VERSUS "CONVEX" PATTERN OF STE; A "NORMAL VARIANT" PATTERN OF NISTE
EARLY REPOLARIZATIONACUTE PERICARDITIS; STE SECONDARY TO LVH; STE SECONDARY TO IVCD AND/OR ALTERED DEPOLARIZATION; THE BRUGADA PATTERN; TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME (APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME); LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM; SPONTANEOUSLY REPERFUSED STEMI; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Triage Models for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Systems of Prehospital Care and the Challenge of Inappropriate Cardiac Cath Lab Activation; INTRODUCTION; SYSTEMS OF CARE APPROACH: IDEAL FEATURES; ROLE OF EMS; NON-PCI HOSPITALS WITHIN STEMI SYSTEMS
"FALSE POSITIVE" AND "INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVATION" OF THE CARDIAC CATH LABSTRATEGIES TO REDUCEINAPPROPRIATE CCL ACTIVATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: Prehospital STEMI Management in the Setting of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; INTRODUCTION; STEMI-OHCA-SPECIFIC POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY; THROMBOLYSIS IN THE OHCA SETTING; ANGIOGRAPHY AND PPCI IN OHCA PATIENTS; ADJUVANT THERAPIES FOR OHCA PATIENTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Role of Nurses and Paramedics in the Prehospital Care of Acute Myocardial Infaction; INTRODUCTION
Summary Prehospital Management of Acute STEMI discusses coordinated prehospital care of STEMI with a practical focus on early detection and early intervention. Topics include: ECG acquisition and STEMI specific interpretation; telemedicine and regional triage centers the role of nurses, paramedic and EMT personnel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 7, 2015)
Subject Myocardial infarction -- Diagnosis.
Emergency medical services.
Myocardial infarction -- Treatment
Emergency Medical Services
emergency medical centers.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Emergency medical services
Myocardial infarction -- Diagnosis
Myocardial infarction -- Treatment
Form Electronic book
Author Escobar, Edgardo, editor
Barbagelata, Alejandro, editor
Alpert, Joseph S., editor
ISBN 9781935395393
1935395394