Anglia Ruskin University

The cardiology team at the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, part of the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, outline the techniques employed in the successful diagnosis and treatment of a myocardial infarction (heart attack).

The production is targeted to help healthcare professionals have the confidence in diagnosing and treating and transferring patients suffering a myocardial infarction to a heart attack centre.

The video contains information on the following areas of treatment and diagnosis:

1. The symptoms associated with myocardial infarction
2. Diagnosis using a twelve lead ECG
3. Contraindications to a direct heart centre transfer
4. Making a call requesting direct transfer of a suspected MI
5. Administering urgent medications
6. Definitive treatment of MI -- primary angioplasty procedure
7. Key points summary

The production demonstrates the successful implementation of this treatment pathway from pre hospital / emergency room treatments through to heart attack centre transfer and the primary angioplasty procedure.

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a partner in our Postgraduate Medical Institute, and we will launch a joint Cardiology Research Unit with the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre later this year.