Time is Muscle
10 minutes
What is door to 12 lead EKG time?
Labs needed for a STEMI patient
What is a CBC, CMP, coags, and a troponin?
Number of IVs needed in a STEMI patient
What is two?
These patients develop silent MIs
Females, diabetics, elderly
door to STEMI alert time metric
What is 10 minutes or less?
Troponin tube color, BMP/CMP tube color
What is a green top?
Prepping a STEMI patient for the cath lab
What is shave prep the groin/wrist areas, 2 IVs, clothes off and bagged, gown on?
Data for STEMI patients is found here
Door in to door out time for transfer from FH ED or LH ED to WH cath lab
What is 30 minutes?
This test is done to look for other causes of STEMI symptoms and check for cardiomegaly
Chest x-ray
Calls Mutual Aid for transport from FH or LH ED to cath lab
What is WH ED Unit Clerk or WH ED CNC?
This hospital is a PHAC hospital
What is WH?
First medical contact to device placement time
What is 90 minutes or less?
This is done to watch for arrhythmias and deterioration in a STEMI patient
What is Cardiac monitoring?
This is done for an ED hold patient with chest pain
What is call a RRT?
This is how often you should print and interpret a strip
What is on admission to ED, every 8 hours, with changes, and with transfers or admission?
Time metric for door to Tenecteplase (thrombolytic) time if needed
What is 30 minutes or less?
True/false. EMS can send a 12 lead to the EDs.
What is true?
These ED staff can activate the cath lab for a STEMI alert
WH ED unit clerk or WH ED CNC
This equipment has needed medications and IV supplies to help a STEMI patient
What is the STEMI box?