PJLong

Yep.

And more important than that, it changes whether I give an inappropriate medication to somebody.

Regardless of the 12 lead unless you have the ability to check cardiac enzymes on your truck all chest pain should be treated as cardiac related. You would not withhold oxygen from a asthma pt with obvious diff breathing that had a saO2 of 100%.

"Does this 12-lead change my destination."

Yes not all hospitals are emergent cath hospitals. In Atlanta, of the 15 or so area hospitals only 5 are able to take pts directly (or almost directly) to the cath lab. You wouldn't take a trauma pt to a nontrauma center you should not take a cardiac pt to a non trauma pt. And just because a hospital has a cath lab does not mean the can get a pt right in

Most new red light camera systems incorporate video as well as the still shot for the ticket . An officer has to review the video before signing a ticket.