Implementing policies that allow emergency medical services (EMS) providers to take patients with STEMI directly to a PCI-capable hospital even if it’s not the closest option appears to shorten ...

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who use emergency medical services (EMS) to get to the hospital experience substantially reduced ischemic time and time to treatment.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with a certain type of heart attack get better care when paramedics take them directly to a medical center that can perform stent procedures - even if it's not the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The length of response by emergency medical services has an impact on the treatment and outcomes of patients ...

ANAHEIM, CA — In a case of thinking globally and acting locally, a national program used input from providers in different communities to unify and coordinate their hospital and prehospital care ...