Thousands of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients fail to receive critical therapy in a timely fashion each year, and nearly 30 percent do not receive any reperfusion treatment at all. As a result, the American Heart Association created the STEMI Provider Manual to help address the ongoing need for training in the early recognition of STEMI.
This Manual prepares and enables out-of-hospital and in-hospital personnel to increase the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of STEMI patients.
Audience
The STEMI Provider Manual is intended for personnel in out-of-hospital and in-hospital, including paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physicians. Also for other STEMI systems of care providers.
The STEMI Provider Manual is intended for personnel in out-of-hospital and in-hospital, including paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physicians. Also for other STEMI systems of care providers.
Content
• STEMI systems of care (out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings)
• Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) pathophysiology
• STEMI identification and treatment
• Appendix – 12-lead ECGs with annotations for self-study
Features
• STEMI clinical information, including steps needed to attain treatment goals
• Direction on 12-lead ECG as a key tool in triage and treating Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
• Distinguishing ECG findings for identifying patients into three ACS categories
• Steps for fibrinolytic therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
• Identifying pharmacologic agents for pain relief and reperfusion therapy
• Includes ECG ruler as companion tool
Course Format/Time
Self-directed learning through review of the 80-page booklet and online exam.
Updates
Changes: December 2011
STEMI Provider Manual
[ISBN 978-1-61669-248-3, AHA Product Number 90-1067]
Certification
This course does not offer American Heart Association course completion certification.
Students complete review of the booklet and learning objectives in about 1.5 hours (including the online test).
After review, students use the voucher provided in each Manual to logon to the American Heart Association’s Professional Education Center and access the 20-question online exam and CME/CE credit.
Continuing Education
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Heart Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME/CE activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME/CE-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials.
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation – Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Continuing Education Accreditation - Nurses
The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.50 contact hours.
Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the American Heart Association or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.
To successfully complete this activity, learners must read the self-study textbook and then pass a 20-question multiple-choice exam. In addition, learners must provide feedback that will be used for evaluative and outcomes measurement purposes. Learners will be required to provide evaluative feedback before CME/CE credit can be claimed.
Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1.50 Advanced CEHs, activity number 11-AMHA-F3-0132.
Student Materials
90-1067 STEMI Provider Manual with ECG ACS Ruler
80-1181 ECG ACS Ruler is also sold separately.
