Protocols
Mobile App
The latest cardiovascular protocols are always at your finger tips with this convenient mobile app. It’s free, easy to use and features both emergency and non-emergent protocols.
The app features:
- Protocols for anticoagulation, statin therapy, CAD testing and eCPR
- Which Test When evaluation tool
- One-touch access to Cardiology Curbside, OneCall Transfer Line, anticoagulation clinic and CV test scheduling
Visit the app store on your mobile device and search MHI/ANW CV Emergencies.
Cardiovascular emergency protocols
Download or connect to the protocols and materials necessary for treating these cardiac emergencies.
- Level 1 STEMI
- Level Two Emergent
- Level 3 & 4 Chest Pain
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI)
- Aortic Dissection (AoD)
- Shock without Trauma (SWOT)
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Transfer
- Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)
- Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
- Stroke (CVA)
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
Non-emergent cardiovascular emergency resources
- Bleeding Management with DOACs 2019
- Congenital Heart Thromboprophylaxis 2019
- DVT & PE 2019
- DVT & PE Prophylaxis in Medically ill 2019
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Bleeding Risks)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Cardioversion)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Cath Lab)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (DOACs)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Electrophysiology)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Neuraxial or Nerve Procedures)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Thrombotic Risks)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Warfarin)
- Periprocedural Mgmt (Watchman) 2019
- Thrombophilia 2019
Guidelines are not meant to replace clinical judgment or professional standards of care. Clinical judgment must take into consideration all the facts in each individual and particular case, including individual patient circumstances and patient preferences. They serve to inform clinical judgment, not act as a substitute for it. These guidelines were developed by a Review Organization under Minn. Stat. §145.61 et. seq., and are subject to the limitations described at Minn. Stat. §145.65.
Complex coronary interventions
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For more information
Has the Time Come for a National Cardiovascular Emergency Care System?
ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction & Non-ST segment Elevation-Acute Coronary Syndrome:
- A Regional System to Provide Timely Access to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI
- 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guidelines for Chest Pain
- JACC Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing
Cardiogenic Shock & Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation:
- Cardiogenic Shock: Current Concepts and Improved Outcomes
- Percutaneous VA ECMO for Refractory Cardiogenic Shock
Aortic Dissection, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, and Critical Limb Ischemia: