The thirtieth anniversary of pre-hospital coronary care in Belfast.

The Evolution of Pre-hospital Emergency Care: Belfast and Beyond

Frank's Legacy from a North American Perspective

I am highly honoured to describe the monumental North American legacy of Frank Pantridge. Most emphatically Frank became a great life-changer for many in Europe and the Americas. I thank Alun Evans for this opportunity to focus upon our extraordinary Pantridge endowment. Forty-three years ago one could not stand erect in a North American ambulance. Hearses, limousines and estate wagons transpor...

The Role of Pre-hospital and Hospital Emergency system in Ischemic Time Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Review

According to the latest guidelines, the best intervention to restore blood flow through occluded coronary arteries is angioplasty at a time less than 90 minutes. Delay in timely implementation of reperfusion is one of the key issues in the management of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In this review study, papers published from 1999-2019 were used to investigate Role of Pre-hospital...

Frank Pantridge's Legacy: A Symposium

held a two day international conference from 10-12 th June 2009, in Frank Pantridge's honour. It began with a review of the Department's cardiovascular disease research programme which was initiated when Frank Pantridge established Mobile Coronary Care in Belfast in 1966. It was Frank Pantridge's development of the portable defibrillator which had made Mobile Coronary Care feasible. Soon afterw...

Fatal ischaemic heart disease in Belfast: a comparison of two community surveys

Data from two community surveys in Belfast were used to compare all deaths attributed to ischaemic heart disease during two one-year periods (1965/66 and 1981/82). There was an increase in mortality in men of all ages from 3.3 to 4.4 per 1,000 population (33%) and in women from 1.6 to 3.1 per 1,000 population (94%). Only in men aged less than 70 years was the mortality rate unchanged (2.2 per 1...