Emergency Medical Services as a Strategy for Improving ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction System Treatment Times

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-362

  Langabeer II, James R ^a   Dellifraine, Jami ^b   Fowler, Raymond ^c   Jollis, James G ^d   Stuart, Leilani ^e   Segrest, Wendy ^e   Griffin, Russell ^e   Koenig, William ^f   Moyer, Peter ^g   Henry, Timothy D ^h  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; emergency medical services; EMS; myocardial infarction; ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPONSE TIME; SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STEMI;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; TEXAS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84896702405     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.08.112     Document Type: Article

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