Reasons prehospital personnel do not administer aspirin to all patients complaining of chest pain

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-103

  Hooker, Edmond A ^a,b   Benoit, Taylor ^b   Price, Timothy G ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; aspirin; cardiac; chest pain; paramedics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; RESCUE PERSONNEL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ASPIRIN; CHEST PAIN; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY;

EID: 33746097037     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003435     Document Type: Article

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