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- Title
Ground emergency medical services requests for helicopter transfer of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients decrease medical contact to balloon times in rural and suburban settings.
- Authors
McMullan, Jason T; Hinckley, William; Bentley, Jared; Davis, Todd; Fermann, Gregory J; Gunderman, Matthew; Hart, Kimberly Ward; Knight, William A; Lindsell, Christopher J; Miller, Chris; Shackleford, April; Gibler, W Brian
- Abstract
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care is time-dependent. Many STEMI patients require interhospital helicopter transfer for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) if ground emergency medical services (EMS) initially transport the patient to a non-PCI center. This investigation models potential time savings of ground EMS requests for helicopter EMS (HEMS) transport of a STEMI patient directly to a PCI center, rather than usual transport to a local hospital with subsequent transfer.
- Publication
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
1553-2712
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01273.x