To Transmit or Not to Transmit: How Good Are Emergency Medical Personnel in Detecting STEMI in Patients With Chest Pain?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-437

  Ducas, Robin A ^a   Wassef, Anthony W ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a   Weldon, Erin ^a   Schmidt, Christian ^b   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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MANITOBA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84863881504     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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