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Article: Cue the Cath Lab.(Cardiac Care Resource Guide)(Report)
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- EMS Magazine
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- June 1, 2009
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Cue the Cath Lab
By Liz Delano, EMT-P, MS, Joe LaHood, EMT-P, David White, EMT-P, & Kevin Kendall, MD, FACEP
A Maine service gives medics the power to activate, with good results
In the mid 1990s, Maine ambulance services started looking at the potential for reading 12-lead EKGs in the field. As the capabilities of cardiac monitors increased, so did state services' interest in providing 12-leads as part of prehospital care. For United Ambulance--a CAAS-accredited, nonprofit paramedic-licensed service operating in the central part of the state--12-lead capabilities were made possible with the purchase of several LIFEPAK 12 monitors in 1999.
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