Patients' Understanding of their Heart Attack and the Impact of Exposure to a Media Campaign on Pre-Hospital Time

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-10

  Tummala, Shrikar R ^a   Farshid, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Ambulance transport; Media campaign; National Heart Foundation; Pre hospital time; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AMBULANCE; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; COLD SWEAT; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAW PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PRE HOSPITAL TIME; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84919497909     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.07.063     Document Type: Article

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