Cardiac Outcomes Through Digital Evaluation (CODE) STEMI Project: Prehospital Digitally-Assisted Reperfusion Strategies

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-431

  Ducas, Robin A ^a   Philipp, Roger K ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a   Wassef, Anthony W ^a   Weldon, Erin ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a   Schmidt, Christian ^b   Khadem, Aliasghar ^a   Ducas, John ^a   Grierson, Rob ^a   Tam, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84863860725     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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