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Collaborative decision-making between paramedics and CCU nurses based on 12-lead ECG telemetry expedites the delivery of thrombolysis in ST elevation myocardial infarction

McLean, S.
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Egan, Gerry
; 
Conner, P.
; 
Flapan, A.D.
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Emergency Medical Services
 Myocardial Infarction
 ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
 Echocardiography
 Telemetry
 Thrombolysis
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Emergency Medicine Journal
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Publications - Scottish Ambulance Service
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1185
DOI
10.1136/emj.2007.052746
Abstract
To describe a prehospital thrombolysis (PHT) and expedited inhospital thrombolysis (IHT) programme in south-east Scotland using prehospital 12-lead ECG recordings transmitted by telemetry and autonomous paramedic-administered thrombolysis with decision support being provided by coronary care nurses. https://emj.bmj.com/content/25/6/370 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2007.052746
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