Taking it to the street: advanced monitoring and 12-lead EKGs in prehospital care.

Prehospital care is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and ALS caregivers will be proving advanced diagnostics and therapeutic modalities for patients, including definitive treatments like thrombolytic therapy. To help make this possible, we will need to use state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment. The medical electronics industry in partnership with emergency medical services systems can help reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with heart attack to improve the quality of patients' lives.