Why the study?
Does a direct-paging process for a designated ECG technician improve the percentage of ED chest pain patients receiving an ECG within 10 minutes compared to standard triage?
Population
719 patients presenting to an emergency department with chest pain, mean age 50, 54% women.
Comparison
New process requiring registration clerks to… vs Standard process where patients were registered…
Design
Cohort
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May support direct-paging ECG protocols in EDs; extends observational QI data but leaves causal effects open for randomized trials.
Does a direct-paging process for a designated ECG technician improve the percentage of ED chest pain patients receiving an ECG within 10 minutes compared to standard triage?
Implementing a direct paging system for a designated ECG technician significantly improved the proportion of ED chest pain patients receiving an ECG within 10 minutes without increasing staffing.
Takakuwa et al. (2009) studied this question.
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