Tag "ST-segment elevation"
Importance of Lead aVL in STEMI Recognition
In 2013 an article was published in Prehospital Emergency Care that measured the ability of paramedics to identify acute STEMI on the 12-lead ECG. The results showed that paramedic accuracy
ST-Segment Elevation – Beyond False Positives
The criteria to identify acute STEMI patients in the ECC guidelines — those who are eligible for immediate reperfusion therapy — used to seem relatively simple. “In the absence of contraindications, reperfusion
