Emergency medical service aspects of emergency cardiac care

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1219-1231

  Hankins, Daniel G ^a   Luke, Anuradha ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 25844506664     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.07.006     Document Type: Review

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