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Does direct admission to the CCU by trained ambulance staff reduce time to administration of thrombolytic therapy in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction?
Does direct admission to the CCU by trained ambulance staff reduce time to administration of thrombolytic therapy in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction?
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Direct admission to the CCU by trained ambulance staff may reduce time delays in administering thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
Editor,—Rao and Joseph’s correspondence in Heart 1 highlighted the reduction in time to administration of thrombolytic therapy by direct admission of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction to the coronary care unit (CCU) by ambulance staff who had been trained in reading ECGs. There are four models for admission to hospital of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: (1) The patient is evaluated in the A&E department where the first ECG is recorded, then the patient is admitted to …
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