Keys to Achieving Target First Medical Contact to Balloon Times and Bypassing Emergency Department More Important Than Distance.

Conclusions: Patients who do not bypass the ED have a longer FMCTB across all spectrum of distances from the PCI centre; therefore, bypassing the ED is key to achieving target FMCTB times. Using a cutoff distance of 50 km may reduce human error in estimating travel time to our PCI centre and thereby identifying patients who should receive prehospital thrombolysis. PMID: 29951310 [PubMed]

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Source: Cardiology Research and Practice - June 30, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ezad S, Davies AJ, Cheema H, Williams T, Leitch J Tags: Cardiol Res Pract Source Type: research