Original contributionFeasibility of prehospital r-TPA therapy in chest pain patients
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2012, Journal of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :In this study, we demonstrated that prehospital ECG implementation led to no significant differences in pre- and post-implementation in scene time, transport time, and overall scene-to-hospital time in cases with the chief complaint of chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin. Although the earliest reports on the effect of performing a prehospital ECG on total scene time demonstrated an increase of approximately 5 min, our findings are consistent with more contemporary reports of nonsignificant delays in scene time with the addition of the PH ECG at the scene (17,18,26,31–38). This finding may be a reflection of our EMS system design, which deploys paramedics on both fire first responders and ambulances, thereby increasing the efficiency and speed of patient assessment.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support and assistance of Cenentech, Inc, in making this study possible.