SAMU-192 and the prehospital approach to acute myocardial infarction in Brazil: Hope for patients or one more missed opportunity?;SAMU/192 e a abordagem pré-hospitalar do infarto agudo do miocárdio no Brasil: Esperança para o paciente ou mais uma oportunidade perdida?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Brasileiro, Antonio Luiz Da Silva ^a,b  

^a Hospital Barra D'Or   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambulances; Emergency medical services; First aid; Infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMBULANCE; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAZIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TELECONSULTATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULANCES; BRAZIL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 33947607833     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2007000200023     Document Type: Short Survey

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