{"id":1415,"date":"2012-03-13T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2012-03-30T19:15:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T19:15:43","slug":"the-ultimate-lifesaver-how-aetna-and-asm-ambulance-stack-up-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-lifesaver-how-aetna-and-asm-ambulance-stack-up-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Lifesaver? How Aetna and ASM Ambulance Stack Up &#8211; Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1788\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1788\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1788 \" title=\"ASM and Aetna Ambulance Paramedics Operate LifePak 15s\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Life-Pak-15.png\" alt=\"ASM and Aetna Ambulance Paramedics Operate LifePak 15s\" width=\"278\" height=\"167\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASM and Aetna Ambulance Paramedics Operate LifePak 15s<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A recent Wall Street Journal article described cutting edge equipment, techniques and skills in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) that are changing patient outcomes, revolutionizing care and sharpening the leading edge of the EMS industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204062704577221084040452786.html#articleTabs%3Darticle\">Read the Wall Street Journal article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So how do Aetna and ASM match up against <strong><em>The Ultimate Lifesaver<\/em><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Volume 1: Cardiac Monitors<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Wall Street Journal article says, <em>&#8220;Another new device finding its way into some ambulances is a digital transmission system that speeds sophisticated electrocardiogram readings to the hospital so cardiac patients can get treated faster. When heart-attack victims require a balloon angioplasty, a procedure that opens blocked blood vessels, hospital staff often rush to get this done within 90 minutes, the time required to avoid heart-muscle damage. The transmission device is usually combined with a monitor to track the patient&#8217;s pulse, heart signs and breathing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>How do we match up? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASM and Aetna have been operating 12-lead capable cardiac monitors since the early 2000s and currently operate LifePak 15s.\u00a0Sophisticated and portable, these monitors are\u00a0capable\u00a0of four and 12-lead EKGs, defibrillation, cardioversion, external pacemaking, oxygen saturation and carbon monoxide measurement,\u00a0pulse oximetry and CO2 detection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the WSJ article \u00a0alludes to, simply having 12-lead capable cardiac-monitors is no longer the standard.\u00a0ASM and Aetna have equipped their LifePaks with a wireless modem that can transmit 12-lead EKG directly to a terminal in the ED as well as the smartphone of the ED physician, the cardiologist and the interventionalist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This allows the cardiac catherization laboratory to be &#8220;activated&#8221; from the field, placing highly skilled staff on alert and bypassing the ED entirely.\u00a0For EKG transmission success stories, see the Tag &#8220;Kudos from the Cath Lab&#8221; on the main blog page.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Future volumes to come&#8230;for more information now check us out at www.asm-aetna.com\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Wall Street Journal article described cutting edge equipment, techniques and skills in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) that are changing patient outcomes, revolutionizing care and sharpening the leading edge of the EMS industry. 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