Influence of medical direction on the management of prehospital myocardial infarction

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-214

  Väisänen, Olli ^a,b,c   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^c   Pietilä, Kari ^d   Silfvast, Tom ^b,c  

^a ARCADA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b Department of Health   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; LANOTEPLASE; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PAIN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33746911225     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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