Rural Emergency Medical Technician Pre-Hospital Electrocardiogram Transmission

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Rural communities face challenges to rapid emergency response services for heart attacks, mostly related to prolonged travel time. As a strategy to address this, this research article sought evidence of the risks and benefits associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) protocols, which urban ambulance teams staffed with paramedic level providers have been successful in implementing.

Angela Powell, Joshua Halon, Jessica Nelson

Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 2690

05/2014

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