Factors Associated With False-Positive Emergency Medical Services Triage for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Background: In 2005, Orange County California Emergency Medical Services (EMS) initiated a field 12-lead program to minimize time to emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for field-identified acute myocardial infarction (MI). As the program matured, “false-positive” (defined as no PCI o...

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Main Authors: Yamamoto Swan, Pamela, Nighswonger, Beverly, Boswell, Gregory L, Stratton, Samuel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2009-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9rh3q0rk