Prehospital aspirin administration for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the USA: An EMS quality assessment using the NEMSIS 2011 database

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 876-881

  Tataris, Katie L ^a   Mercer, Mary P ^a   Govindarajan, Prasanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ISCHEMIA; STANDARDS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947037986     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204299     Document Type: Article

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