Serial prehospital 12-lead electrocardiograms increase identification of st-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Verbeek, P Richard ^a   Ryan, Damien ^a,c   Turner, Linda ^a   Craig, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ECG; myocardial infarction; prehospital emergency care; STEMI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82555189255     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.614045     Document Type: Article

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