Patients with acute myocardial infarction using ambulance or private transport to reach definitive care: Which mode is quicker?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Song, L ^a   Yan, H ^a   Hu, D ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Definitive care; Myocardial infarction; Private transportation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 77749302100     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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