Pre-hospital aspirin for suspected myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndromes: A headache for paramedics?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 478-481

  Woollard, Malcolm ^a,b   Smith, Anna ^a   Elwood, Peter C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035682772     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.18.6.478     Document Type: Article

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