Prehospital triage of acute myocardial infarction: Wireless transmission of electrocardiograms to the on-call cardiologist via a handheld computer

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-309

  Campbell, Paul T ^a   Patterson, Janet ^a   Cromer, Deedee ^a   Wall, Karen ^a   Adams, George L ^b   Albano, Alfred ^b   Corey, Craig ^a   Fox, Paula ^a   Gardner, Jim ^a   Hawthorne, Barry ^a   Lipton, Jonathan ^b   Sejersten, Maria ^b   Thompson, Alan ^a   Thompson, Amanda ^a   Wilfong, Susan ^a   Maynard, Charles ^c   Wagner, Galen ^b  

^a Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Emergency department; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEMETRY; TRIAGE;

EID: 26444519835     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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