Why do acute myocardial infarction patients not call an ambulance? An interview with patients presenting to hospital with acute myocardial infarction symptoms

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 668-671

  Lozzi, Lydia ^a   Carstensen, S ^a   Rasmussen, H ^a   Nelson, G ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Ambulance; General practitioner; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

AMBULANCES; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28244466689     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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