Enduring Materials
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 1 V1: Mission Lifeline -- Scope of the US Problem and Solution
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Mission: Lifeline—Scope of the US Problem and Solution of Regionalized Care
Objective: 1. Recognize barriers that exist that prevent some patients from receiving reperfusion therapy 2. Recognize the inherent limitations to providing timely reperfusion therapy 3. Identify the goals and purposes of the Mission: Lifeline initiative
Faculty: Alice Jacobs, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI
Boston University Medical Center
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 40 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 1 V2: Development of a Statewide STEMI System: Lessons Learned
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Development of a Statewide STEMI System: Lessons Learned from RACE
Objective: 1. Evaluate the most important lessons learned from the North Caroline RACE experience 2. Name the components of a PCI center that leads to optimal STEMI care 3. Recognize the process of planning, education, implementation, measurement, feedback, and system refinement
Faculty: James Jollis, MD, FACC
Duke University
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients.
Estimated time of completion: 25 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 1 V3: Primary PCI
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Primary PCI
Objective: 1. Describe the role of fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of STEMI 2. Discuss proven strategies to reduce the door to balloon time for patients presenting to hospitals without primary PCI capabilities 3. Recognize the superior role of primary PCI compared to fibrinolytic therapy, if available in a timely fashion
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time to Complete: 40 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 1 V4: d2b & Beyond/Focus on Total Ischemic
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: d2b & Beyond/Focus on Total Ischemic
Objective: 1. Recognize the time course of cardiac damage after the onset of ischemia 2. Recognize the strong relationship between door-to-balloon time and clinical outcomes 3. State methods proposed to shorten treatment times in patients presenting with STEMI
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 1 V5: Shaving Seconds: Shortening d2b Times
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Shaving Seconds: Shortening d2b Times
Objective: Name commonly employed and proven strategies to reduce door-to-balloon times
Faculty: Gregory Dehmer, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI
Scott & White Temple
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time to Complete: 25 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 2 V1: Practical/System Based Methods to Rapidly Detect, Triage,
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Practical/System Based Methods to Rapidly Detect, Triage, & Transport STEMI Patients
Objective: 1. Recognize the various components and roles of EMS systems in an urban environment 2. Recognize the educational process of an EMS system, including initial training as well as a system for ongoing education and improvement
Faculty: David Persse, MD, FACEP
EMS City of Houston
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 20 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 2 V2: Keys for STEMI Referring Centers and EMS Altered Destina
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Keys for STEMI Referring Centers and EMS Altered Destinations Process
Objective: 1. Identify the major goals for a STEMI referring center 2. Recognize system processes that can be employed to reduce treatment times
Faculty: Paul Hinchey, MD
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 16 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 2 V3: Evidenced-Based/Practical Ways to Reduce Treatment Times
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Evidenced-Based Ways/Practical Ways to Reduce Treatment Times
Objective: 1. Recognize the national goals for door-to-balloon times 2. Identify commonly accepted methods to reduce door-to-balloon times
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 16 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 2 V4: Role of EMS/Medical Director: Leader and Listener
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Role of EMS/Medical Director: Leader and Listener
Objective: 1. Recognize the various roles that an EMS director fulfills 2. Recognize how an EMS can effectively lead his agency
Faculty: Robert Greenberg, MD
Scott & White Temple
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 2 V5: Building and Maintaining a Regional STEMI Team
Original Release Date: April 29, 2011 - Expiration Date: April 29, 2013
Session Name: Building and Maintaining a Regional STEMI Team
Objective: 1. Identify the key personnel in building a regional STEMI system 2. Identify essential steps in forming, building, and maintaining a regional STEMI care team
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated Time of Completion: 17 minutes
Reviewed/Revised: January 9, 2012 If you experience any difficulty with the activity, please contact us at cme@swmail.sw.org or call (800) 724-7280.
Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 3 V1: ECG Interpretation in STEMI with Catheterization Lab Corr
Original Release Date: February 23, 2012 - Expiration Date: February 23, 2014
Session Name: ECG Interpretation in STEMI with Catheterization Lab Correlation
Objective: 1. Define the common patterns of STEMI seen on a standard 12-lead ECG 2. Describe the diagnostic criteria for ST elevation to make the diagnosis of STEMI
Faculty: Jonathan Mock, MD
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated time of completion: 21 minutes

Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 3 V2: Masqueraders of STEMI
Original Release Date: February 23, 2012 - Expiration Date: February 23, 2014
Session Name: Masqueraders of STEMI
Objective: 1. Describe some of the common ECG patterns that may contain ST elevation and mimic an ST elevation myocardial infarction 2. Identify the value of reviewing a prior ECG tracing when interpreting an ECG
Faculty: Steven Costa, MD
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated time of completion: 18 minutes

Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 3 V3: Unusual and Novel ECGs: Posterior, RV, Surface Mapping
Original Release Date: February 23, 2012 - Expiration Date: February 23, 2014
Session Name: Unusual and Novel ECGs: Posterior, RV, Surface Mapping
Objective: 1. Identifies when a posterior lead ECG is indiated, and how to interpret it 2. Recognizes the ECG findings and clinical implications of a right ventricular infarction
Faculty: John Erwin, MD, FACC
Scott & White Temple
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated time of completion: 15 minutes

Activity:
STEMI Texas Highlights - Module 3 V4: Methods, Effectiveness &Stumbling Blocks of Communicating ECGs
Original Release Date: February 23, 2012 - Expiration Date: February 23, 2014
Session Name: Methods, Effectiveness & Stumbling Blocks of Communicating ECGs to STEMI Receiving Centers
Objective: 1. Describe the concepts behind ECG transmission from a field acquisition device to a STEMI receiving center 2. List some of the challenges to ECG transmission from the field to a hospital setting
Faculty: David Persse, MD, FACEP
EMS City of Houston
Course Director: Timothy Mixon, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Target Audience: Physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the care of STEMI patients
Estimated time of completion: 20 minutes