Safety and feasibility of prehospital thrombolysis carried out by paramedics

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7405, 2003, Pages 27-28

  Keeling, Phil ^a   Hughes, Debbie ^a   Price, Linnie ^b   Shaw, Steve ^c   Barton, Andy ^b  

^a TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0038383628     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7405.27     Document Type: Article

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