Planning, implementation, and process monitoring for prehospital 12-lead ECG diagnostic programs

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 162-171

  Aufderheide, Tom P ^a   Kereiakes, Dean J ^b   Weaver, W Douglas ^c   Gibler, W Brian ^d   Simoons, Maarten L ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

12 lead ECG; diagnostic strategies; education; EMS; implementation; myocardial infarction; planning; prehospital; protocol; thrombolytic therapy; training

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030185444     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042904     Document Type: Article

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