Give the Emergency Department and/or Catheterization Lab a head start in preparing for patient care while the patient is still en route.
- An emergency physician can give more informed treatment advice to the paramedic in the field
- The patient can be routed to the most appropriate hospital
- Precious hospital treatment minutes may be saved, potentially reducing myocardium damage
Diagnosis and treatment may improve because decisions can be based on a true presenting rhythm before it has been temporarily improved by paramedic-administered drugs.
The HeartStart 12-Lead Transfer Station can be located in a hospital (where it might be shared by several facilities), or at the emergency dispatch center. From there, a patient's 12-lead ECG can be forwarded to any hospital or EMS control office you choose. You can automatically or manually distribute 12-lead reports to email addresses, fax machines, printers, PDAs, or an ECG management system, such as the Philips TraceMasterVue ECG Management System.