Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an acute, dangerous, and serious disease. Scholars at home and abroad are constantly exploring ways to reduce its first-aid time, improve the treatment efficiency and the prognosis. Multidisciplinary collaboration is one of the keys to emergency treatments in AMI, and nurses play an important role in this process. However, no clear criteria for emergency care procedures for AMI have been found at home and abroad. Through comprehensive analysis of related research, this paper attempts to find the shortcomings of emergency care procedures for AMI and propose the direction for its future development. This article reviews the status quo of emergency care procedures for AMI at home and abroad in order to provide reference for nursing staff.