Can paramedics read st-segment elevation myocardial infarction on prehospital 12-lead electrocardiograms

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-214

  Trivedi, Ketan ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a,b   Cone, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization laboratory activation; Electrocardiogram; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; STEMI

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 70350630427     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802706153     Document Type: Article

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