[CSEMSmail] CSEMS introduces regional STEMI triage guidelines

[Matt Lawler]

CSEMS introduces regional STEMI triage guidelines	
Protocol for triaging STEMI patients will become effective January 1,
2008	
  <http://www.csems.vaems.org/protocols> The Medical Control Review
Committee (MCRC) is pleased to announce some protocol modifications and
additions. Foremost, is a new protocol that addresses ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) triage in the prehospital setting. The
MCRC has been working on these guidelines since January 2007.	
This year, Rockingham Memorial Hospital began staffing a cardiac
catheterization facility 24/7. With catheterization facilities already
operating at the University of Virginia and Roanoke Memorial Hospital,
the committee addressed the need to more appropriately dispose patients
in the region to facilities best equipped to treat patients with STEMI.
Treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), particularly STEMI, is
extremely time-sensitive. Prehospital caretakers of ACS patients can
have a big impact on patient outcome if they provide efficient triage,
stabilization, and referral for cardiology care. Treatment of STEMI is
reperfusion through administration of fibrinolytics or percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI).  More...
<http://www.csems.vaems.org/mailings/20071129_protocol_update_20080101_l
etter.pdf> 	
  Protocol Page <http://www.csems.vaems.org/protocols>  
<http://www.csems.vaems.org/mailings/20071101_super_ce.pdf> 	
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