Patient and System-Related Delays of Emergency Medical Services Use in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps).

Patient and System-Related Delays of Emergency Medical Services Use in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps).

BACKGROUND:Little is known about Emergency Medical Services (EMS) use and pre-hospital triage of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Arabian Gulf countries. METHODS:Clinical arrival and acute care within 24 h of STEMI symptom onset were compared between patients transfe...

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Main Authors: Khalid F AlHabib, Kadhim Sulaiman, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Wael Almahmeed, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Haitham Amin, Mohammed Al Jarallah, Hussam F Alfaleh, Prashanth Panduranga, Ahmad Hersi, Tarek Kashour, Zohair Al Aseri, Anhar Ullah, Hani B Altaradi, Kazi Nur Asfina, Robert C Welsh, Salim Yusuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726591?pdf=render

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