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Can nurses safely assess suitability for thrombolytic therapy? A pilot study
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Appropriately trained nurses can assess patients with suspected heart attack accurately and safely for thrombolytic therapy and this could reduce delays to thROMbolysis and merits further scrutiny.About:
This article is published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing.The article was published on 1995-06-01. It has received 37 citations till now.read more
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Part 10: Acute Coronary Syndromes: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Robert E. O'Connor,William E. Brady,Steven C. Brooks,Deborah B. Diercks,Jonathan R. Egan,Chris A. Ghaemmaghami,Venu Menon,Brian J. O'Neil,Andrew H. Travers,Demetris Yannopoulos +9 more
TL;DR: Healthcare providers can improve survival rates and myocardial function of patients with ACS by providing skilled, efficient, and coordinated out-of-hospital and in-hospital care.
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Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndromes 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations
Leo Bossaert,Robert E. O'Connor,Hans Richard Arntz,Steven C. Brooks,Deborah B. Diercks,Gilson Soares Feitosa-Filho,Jerry P. Nolan,Terry L. Vanden Hoek,Darren L. Walters,Aaron Wong,Michelle Welsford,Karen Woolfrey +11 more
TL;DR: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of superscripted letters and numbers (eg, “Chest Pain Observation Units”).
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Nurse staffing and mortality for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Sharina D. Person,Jeroan J. Allison,Catarina I. Kiefe,Michael T. Weaver,O. Dale Williams,Robert M. Centor,Norman W. Weissman +6 more
TL;DR: Even after extensive adjustment, higher RN staffing levels were associated with lower mortality and this findings suggest an important effect of nurse staffing on in-hospital mortality.
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Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndromes 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Robert E. O'Connor,Abdulaziz S. Al Ali,William J. Brady,Chris A. Ghaemmaghami,Venu Menon,Michelle Welsford,Michael Shuster +6 more
TL;DR: The recommendations in this 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC are based on an extensive evidence review process that was begun by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation after the publication of the ILCOR 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Res resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations and was completed in February 2015.
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Improving door to needle times with nurse initiated thrombolysis.
TL;DR: The use of nurse initiated thrombolysis has resulted in a clinically important reduction in the time taken for throm bolysis to be started in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
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Indications for fibrinolytic therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction : collaborative overview of early mortality and major morbidity results from all randomised trials of more than 1000 patients
TL;DR: It is shown that fibrinolytic therapy can reduce mortality in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the indications for, and contraindications to, this therapy.
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Prehospital-Initiated vs Hospital-Initiated Thrombolytic Therapy: The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trial
W D Weaver,Manuel D. Cerqueira,Al Hallstrom,Paul E. Litwin,Jenny S. Martin,Peter J. Kudenchuk,Mickey S. Eisenberg +6 more
TL;DR: There was no improvement in outcome associated with initiating treatment before hospital arrival; however, treatment within 70 minutes of symptom onset--whether in the hospital or in the field--minimized the infarct process and its complications.
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The Health of the Nation
TL;DR: The historical background to the development of the White Paper is traced, the content of the mental illness key area is summarised and current progress in improving information and understanding and developing comprehensive services, and improving good practice is summarized.
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Guidelines for the early management of patients with myocardial infarction
TL;DR: Patients with acute myocardial infarction should receive thrombolysis, when appropriate, within 90 minutes of alerting the medical or ambulance service--the call to needle time.