Factors Associated With False-Positive Emergency Medical Services Triage for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Yamamoto Swan, Pamela; Nighswonger, Beverly; Boswell, Gregory L; Stratton, Samuel J.
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 or coronary artery occlusion upon PCI) field MI activations have been identified as a problem for the program.
2009
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
10/4
Yamamoto Swan, Pamela; Nighswonger, Beverly; Boswell, Gregory L; Stratton, Samuel J.