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Old 26th Nov 2010, 09:07
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flyingmedic
 
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Crab how do you know if someone is having a STEMI and is suitable for PPCI? In my local area we take a full patient history and a 12 lead ECG, based on this we administer the appropriate drugs and transmit a 12 lead ECG to the receiving PPCI unit. The PPCI unit will then call back to tell us where to take the patient, this ensures that we get the right patient to the right place at the right time and is obviously not a load and go scenario.
20 min CPR on the way to hospital? Why are you taking dead people to hospital? The reason the 20 min asystole protocol exists is so we don't take dead patients to hospital. Do you have different protocols because you are not health care professionals?
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