The Role of Paramedics in a Primary PCI Program for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-187

  Le May, Michel R ^a   Dionne, Richard ^b   Maloney, Justin ^b   Poirier, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Ottawa Paramedic Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REPERFUSION; RISK REDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649898750     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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