Ambulance emergency services for patients with coronary heart disease in Lancashire: Achieving standards and improving performance

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Stoykova, Boyka ^a   Dowie, R ^a   Bastow, P ^b   Rowsell, K V ^c   Gregory, R P F ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842329537     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.001701     Document Type: Article

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