Ground emergency medical services requests for helicopter transfer of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients decrease medical contact to balloon times in rural and suburban settings

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  McMullan, Jason T ^a,c   Hinckley, William ^a,c   Bentley, Jared ^b   Davis, Todd ^a,c   Fermann, Gregory J ^a   Gunderman, Matthew ^c   Hart, Kimberly Ward ^a   Knight, William A ^a,c   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Miller, Chris ^a   Shackleford, April ^d   Brian Gibler, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TIME;

AIR AMBULANCES; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OHIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863393401     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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