BTS – Can EMT’s do 12 Leads?

Can EMT’s do 12 leads in the field and activate a cath lab in the process?  Well the traditional answer for most agencies would be an astounding no, not because they place the 12 leads on the patient, but because they aren’t trained to read them. In this behind the scenes interview with medical director [...]

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Can EMT’s do 12 leads in the field and activate a cath lab in the process?  Well the traditional answer for most agencies would be an astounding no, not because they place the 12 leads on the patient, but because they aren’t trained to read them.

In this behind the scenes interview with medical director of Trinity Hospital in North Dakota Jeffrey Sather, M.D. has been working to solve the age old problem of improving patient symptom onset-to-balloon times instead of door-to-balloon times.

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