Ambulance use in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Johansson, Ingela ^a   Strömberg, Anna ^b   Swahn, Eva ^b  

^a University Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Ambulance use; Decision making; Prehospital delay

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEST PAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NAUSEA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 1642360134     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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