Michael Feldman, Fahad Bahaidarah, Mahbod Rahimi, Sara Howaidi, Linda Turner, P Richard Verbeek, Warren Cantor, Sheldon Cheskes, Ian Drennan, Kristen Gilmartin
OBJECTIVE: Current guidelines recommend that patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to hospitals not capable of performing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) be transferred to a PCI-capable hospital if reperfusion can be accomplished within 120 minutes. Most STEMI patients are accompanied by an advanced care paramedic (ACP, equivalent to EMT-P), nurse, or physician who can manage complications should they arise. In our region, stable STEMI patients are transported by primary care paramedics (PCPs, similar scope of practice to advanced EMT) in cases where a nurse, physician, or ACP paramedic is not available...
April 15, 2024: Prehospital Emergency Care