Does initiation of an ambulance pre-alert call reduce the door to needle time in acute myocardial infarct?
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Does initiation of an ambulance pre-alert call reduce the door to needle time in acute myocardial infarct?
OBJECTIVES To assess the effect an ambulance pre-alert call for patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) would have on door to needle (DTN) times. METHODS We carried out back to back audits of DTN times following the initiation of the pre-alert calls. PARTICIPANTS All patients thrombolysed within the emergency department between July 2003 and April 2004 (inclusive). STATI...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.022376