Management of ACS for the BLS Provider

American Heart Association
The primary goals of therapy for patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome include:  
  • Reducing the amount of myocardial necrosis that occurs in patients with acute myocardial infarction, thus preserving left ventricular function, preventing heart failure, and limiting other cardiovascular complications;  
  • Preventing major adverse cardiac events such as death, nonfatal myocardial infarction and the need for urgent revascularization;  
  • Treating acute, life-threatening complications of ACS, such as Ventricular Fibrillation, pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia, unstable tachycardias, and symptomatic bradycardias. [29]