Air ambulance transport times and advanced cardiac life support interventions during the interfacility transfer of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-299

  Youngquist, Scott T ^a   McIntosh, Scott E ^a   Swanson, Eric R ^a   Barton, Erik D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Myocardial infarction; Patient transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952991743     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903121003760192     Document Type: Article

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