The Utility of Prehospital ECG Transmission in a Large EMS System

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 496-503

  Bosson, Nichole ^a,b   Kaji, Amy H ^a,b   Niemann, James T ^a,b   Squire, Benjamin ^a,b   Eckstein, Marc ^c   French, William J ^a,b   Rashi, Paula ^a   Tadeo, Richard ^a   Koenig, William ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; emergency medical services; myocardial infarction; myocardial reperfusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941424882     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2015.1005260     Document Type: Article

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