The prehospital ECG: A simple (and effective) tool for a complex problem

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-66

  Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a   Miles, Peter ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel ^a   Diercks, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249948236     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318053d1b8     Document Type: Note

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