Emergency Department greeters reduce door-to-ECG time

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Purim Shem Tov, Yanina A ^a,c   Rumoro, Dino P ^a   Veloso, Jose ^b   Zettinger, Katie ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Murdock 177 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Door to ECG; Emergency department; Greeter

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349027264     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31815b565d     Document Type: Article

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