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Air medical journal · Nov 2011
Case ReportsHelicopter scene response for a STEMI patient transported directly to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
- Christopher Palmer, Jason McMullan, William Knight, Matt Gunderman, and William Hinckley.
- University of Cincinnati, USA.
- Air Med. J. 2011 Nov 1; 30 (6): 289-92.
AbstractAt 2:10 pm, a 40-year-old Caucasian woman with no known medical history called 911 complaining of substernal, crushing chest pain that had started 2 to 3 hours before she called emergency medical services (EMS). EMS arrived at 2:24 pm and obtained a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnostic of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at 2:36 pm. University Air Care was requested by local EMS at 2:42 pm to respond directly to the cardiac scene in rural Ohio for rapid transport to a facility capable of performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The closest PCI-capable facility was approximately 35 minutes away by ground or 13 minutes by air. The closest non-PCI hospital was approximately 20 minutes away by ground (Fig. 1).Copyright © 2011 Air Medical Journal Associates. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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