A community intervention by firefighters to increase 911 calls and aspirin use for chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Meischke, Hendrika ^a   Diehr, Paula ^a   Rowe, Sharon ^b   Cagle, Anthony ^b   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Aspirin; Education; Emergency medical services; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33645315215     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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