Rapid Triage and Transport of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Rural Health System

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 944-948

  Blankenship, James C ^a   Haldis, Thomas A ^b   Wood, G Craig ^a   Skelding, Kimberly A ^a   Scott, Thomas ^a   Menapace, Francis J ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MeritCare Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 34548424471     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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