Improving emergency department door-to-electrocardiogram time in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-121

  Phelan, Michael P ^a   Glauser, Jon ^a   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Martin, Craig ^a   Schrump, Stefanie ^a   Mahone, Pat ^a   Peacock, W Frank ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Door to ECG; ECG; Emergency department; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STAFF TRAINING; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEAKNESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 70349154638     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3181b5a6f3     Document Type: Article

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