Safety and feasibility of prehospital thrombolysis carried out by paramedics
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Safety and feasibility of prehospital thrombolysis carried out by paramedics.
The benefits of thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction are time dependent, with a potential 48% reduction in mortality if treatment is received within an hour of onset of symptoms. The benefits diminish thereafter. However the “call to needle” standard set by the national service framework has been achieved for only a third of patients nationally because of lengthy ambulance ...
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OBJECTIVE Heart disease is the major cause of death in Wales. Myocardial infarction accounts for most fatalities either acutely or as a result of late heart failure and unheralded sudden cardiac death. Prompt relief of new coronary occlusions by thrombolytic agents has been shown to reduce significantly both early mortality and subsequent morbidity from acute myocardial infarction. The prehospi...
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OBJECTIVES To explore paramedics' attitudes to administering prehospital thrombolysis (PHT). METHOD In-depth interviews with 20 paramedics were recorded and transcribed and analysed for emergent themes using the constant comparative method. RESULTS Although there was a will to provide PHT because of its benefits to patients, its associated risks, aspects of pay and working conditions, and c...
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BACKGROUND The Ambulance Services have a critical role in the management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Paramedic delivered prehospital thrombolysis (PHT) has been proposed. To the authors' knowledge there has been no research carried out to ascertain the views of paramedics. METHODS The authors conducted a postal questionnaire study of 250 paramedics in the West Yorkshire Metropolitan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7405.27