A Cardiac Interventional Center may receive STEMI patients transported by ambulance directly to the catheterization lab when approved by the base station physician if the catheterization lab has a physician, appropriately credentialed to evaluate and stabilize an acute cardiac patient, a registered nurse, and a technician, capable of activating the catheterization lab, immediately available in house when:

1. A. The 12 lead EKG in the field is interpreted by an advanced life support EMS provider as a high probability of a STEMI; or
2. B. The 12 lead EKG in the field has been reviewed by an ED physician, a cardiologist, or both, and determined to be a STEMI.

Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 3, 2010 (37:9 Md. R. 674)