71% of EMS systems have 12-lead ECGs on 76% or more of their vehicles – MORE THAN ANTICIPATEDOf EMS systems with 12-lead ECGs:• Most lacked a standard method for

communicating the ECG results to hospitals• EMS field personnel remotely activate cath

labs only 9% of the time• Destination protocols are only used 39% of

the time to take patients to a PCI-capable hospital

Information sharing among EMS and hospitals is poor

Region Service County Out of StateNortheast Region Wings Rescue Carter

Wings Rescue Greene

Wings Rescue Washington

Wellmount One Sullivan

East TN UT LifeStar Anderson

UT LifeStar Monroe

UT LifeStar Knox

UT LifeStar Sevier

Air Evac Middleton, KY

Air Evac Williamsburg, KY

Southeastern Life Force Hamilton

Air Evac McMinn

Life Force Calhoun, GA

Air Evac Scottsboro, AL

UPPER CUMBERLAND Air Evac Macon

Air Evac White

Air Evac Albany, KY

Mid Cumberland Rutherford

Montgomery

Humphrey

Mid Cumberland (cont) Christian, KY

Bowling Green, KY

Muhlenburg, KY

South Central Lifeflight Coffee

Air Evac Coffee

Air Evac Marshall

Air Evac Maury

Air Evac Wayne

Air Evac Muscle Shoals, AL

Med Flight Huntsville, AL

West TN Air Evac Dyer

Air Evac Hardin

Hospital Wing Haywood

Air Evac Madison

Hospital Wing McNairy

Air Evac Weakley

Air Evac Corinth, MS

Memphis Delta Hospital Wings Haywood

Hospital Wings Shelby